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April 21, 2021 at 2:21 pm

Lawmakers move closer to letting child sex abuse victims sue

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — For the first time, prominent Republican state senators on Wednesday put their support behind legislation in Pennsylvania to change the law...

March 25, 2021 at 10:39 am

Gas drilling firms repel Pennsylvania’s antitrust lawsuit

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's highest court has delivered a victory for natural gas exploration firms, ruling that the state attorney general's office doesn't have...

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March 18, 2021 at 1:24 pm

Agents found no evidence of backdated ballots, report says

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Postal Service investigators did not find evidence of any backdated presidential election ballots in the post office in Erie, Pennsylvania,...

FILE – In this Nov. 2, 2020 file photo, Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Pa., speaks during a rally for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at Community College of Beaver County, in Monaca, Pa. Lamb’s district may all but disappear or, at the very least, become more hostile in redistricting before the next election. Meanwhile, he has said he will consider running for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) WX250 WX250

March 15, 2021 at 9:48 am

Democrats’ 2018 Trump Country hero faces hard political path

Conor Lamb helped Democrats reconnect with white working-class voters in Pennsylvania after the state went for President Donald Trump in 2016. Lamb is considering a...

March 14, 2021 at 8:25 am

Immigrant victims of crime hope Congress eases visa hurdles

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In a bid to become a legal permanent resident of the United States, she says she lives in fear, afraid both...

February 19, 2021 at 8:49 am

Toomey, who once unified the GOP, now on the outs over Trump

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Before he became the object of fury of Republicans for voting to convict Donald Trump during the former president’s second impeachment...

From left, David Schoen, Bruce Castor and Michael van der Veen, lawyers for former President Donald Trump, arrive at the Capitol on the third day of the second impeachment trial of Trump in the Senate, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) WX201 WX201

February 11, 2021 at 9:52 pm

Lawyer defending Trump accustomed to political disaster VIEW

Bruce Castor's moment in the national glare was seen as an ambling and at times aimless on Tuesday. He will have a chance to make...

February 8, 2021 at 9:04 am

Pennsylvania’s Fetterman makes 2022 US Senate run official

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s larger-than-life lieutenant governor, the 6-foot-8, bald and tattooed John Fetterman, will run for U.S. Senate, making the announcement Monday after...

February 1, 2021 at 9:24 am

State agency bungles ballot referendum for child sex victims

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Some victims of child sexual abuse might have to wait two years or more to pursue legal claims because of a...

January 11, 2021 at 9:14 pm

Early warning signs emerge for GOP after US Capitol riots

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Since last week’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, about 225 Republicans logged in to the election office in Lancaster County,...