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Gov. Josh Shapiro is asking for a $60 million increase for higher education schools, but some lawmakers disagree about which schools should get more funding.
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Worhach will spend 90 days in a state-supervised drug treatment program before being released on parole.
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The allegations are roiling an already fragile House Democratic majority, and are the first major test of McClinton’s speakership
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Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer made the case for a bipartisan proposal to tighten regulations meant to increase railroad safety several weeks after a train carrying hazardous materials overturned in Ohio.
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The usually-arcane rules — approved along party lines — reduce the partisan divide
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The state’s convenience store owners and wholesale marketers and distributors say raising taxes on tobacco to $5.35 cents a pack — which would be the highest rate in the nation — and banning flavored cigarettes would have unintended consequences.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed $227 billion spending plan is 2.4% larger than last year’s budget. But she says she knows that the good times won't last.
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Pennsylvania House Democrats put their freshly minted majority status to work Tuesday in shutting down Republican efforts to make changes to legislation designed to let victims of childhood sexual abuse file otherwise outdated lawsuits.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul will have to choose a new nominee and convince the Senate to agree with her choice as the governor and Legislature engage in their biggest task of the year — agreeing on a state budget.
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WAMC's Ian Pickus speaks with Columbia Law School Professor Conrad Johnson about the state Senate vote rejecting Judge Hector LaSalle's nomination Wednesday.
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Upstate lawmakers are reacting to the $227 billion budget proposal New York Governor Kathy Hochul delivered on Wednesday.
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The New York State Senate this week passed a series of limousine safety measures, including a bill extending the committee that advised lawmakers in crafting the legislation.