Demand for Pennsylvania’s tax-credit scholarships has surged: more than 100,000 awards last year, but tens of thousands of applicants remain unfunded. Lawmakers are weighing several fixes in Harrisburg.

A charter amendment on Tuesday's ballot would let Pittsburgh publish select legal notices online or in other 'successor' outlets if print papers disappear. Supporters call it a narrow fix; critics warn it could scatter notices.

The Pa. Supreme Court ruled that cast vote records are public, but counties and experts warn privacy and technical gaps mean widespread releases won’t be simple. Officials are waiting on state guidance.

A Southwest Pennsylvania GOP primary has become a proxy fight between gaming interests and party insurgents, with big outside money and a residency dispute in play.

County leaders want Pennsylvania’s monthly 911 surcharge raised to $2.20, arguing the small increase would shore up rural dispatch centers and fund NextGen upgrades.

Six bills moved out of committee to expand safe‑harbor protections and update laws on intimate images and infant trafficking.

Pennsylvania's unemployment rate stayed at 4.2% in March; nonfarm payrolls rose modestly and education & health services led annual gains.

Lt. Gov. Austin Davis is running for a second term in 2026, touting BOOST after-school grants and a slate of violence-prevention investments across Pennsylvania.

Rep. Chris Deluzio says a 23-year-old Carnegie resident with work authorization has been detained by ICE and lawyers have filed a federal habeas petition seeking his release.

Albert Gallatin officials will take up a plan that could cut dozens of teaching and support jobs at a special board meeting on April 29. District agendas show proposed eliminations and a resolution to furlough professional staff.

A field director pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one month in county jail after prosecutors said pay‑for‑registrations prompted fake voter‑registration forms in Pennsylvania.

Pittsburgh Public Schools is considering a policy to require advance parental notice when classroom lessons could conflict with 'sincerely held' religious beliefs, stirring debate over teacher burden and parental rights.

Senate Democrats unveiled an Affordability Action Plan in Harrisburg with student‑debt relief, universal school meals and a path to $15 by 2029. The GOP is pitching temporary tax holidays in response.