Pennsylvania is on its way to becoming a red state.In 2024, for the first time in modern history, more Republicans voted than Democrats in a Pennsylvania presidential election. Republicans delivered

Lawmakers will again wade into a tricky debate over taxing skill games this session. The slot-like machines are currently unregulated.

Despite harshly criticizing McCormick during the campaign, Fetterman said he's prepared to work with his Republican counterpart.

Pennsylvania lawmakers on Tuesday returned Democratic Speaker ... Ryan Mackenzie unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Susan Wild. In other GOP caucus changes, Rep. Rob Mercuri didn't seek reelection while running unsuccessfully for Congress in Allegheny County.

Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.) signaled he is seriously considering challenging Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) for his post in 2026. “I’m considering it,” Meuser told The Hill on Thursday.

The House voted on Tuesday to pass a GOP-led bill to require detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes, but the measure faces an uncertain future in the Senate in a sign of the challenges facing Republicans despite controlling both chambers of Congress.

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Yoder, the lone Democratic commissioner, voted against the county’s budget last month, objecting to eleventh-hour decreased grants to organizations such as the Library System of Lancaster County. Having seen the projections, Yoder argued for long-range budget planning.

While organizations like the Virginia High School League (VHSL) and the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCCA) already have policies regulating transgender athlete participation, proponents of the measure aim to ban such participation entirely.

Republican lawmakers gathered on Wednesday to support legislation that would bar transgender students from participating in school sport teams inconsistent with their biological sex.

Rep. Michael Baumgartner, a first-term Republican from Spokane, has especially big shoes to fill after being elected to replace retired Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, one of the most senior members of the House GOP. But the former Spokane County treasurer and Washington state senator is set on making the most of his freshman year.

Donald Trump will take the oath for his second presidential term Monday. He faces less resistance than he did eight years ago as he prepares for sweeping Day 1 actions.