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State Rep. John McGinnis will testify during today’s public hearing conducted by the Pennsylvania House of Representati...
Recent rains and rising temperatures create the perfect conditions for mosquito breeding, and the state departments of Enviro...
The stance of top House Republicans on the push to increase funding for Pennsylvania's highways, bridges and mass transit...
Leaders of the union for Pennsylvania's state prison guards filed a lawsuit Thursday that challenges a 2009 deal struck b...
A former Penn State assistant football coach who testified in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case is disputing the univer...
U.S. Senator Bob Casey wants federal regulators to investigate a fiery tanker crash that caused serious damage at the interch...
Two Blair County businesses are getting grant money from Harrisburg to aid in switching over to natural gas for their heavy-d...
The Altoona Area School District has a new budget.Board members introduced their 2013-14 spending plan at their meeting Monda...
A section of Interstate 81 near Harrisburg is expected to remain closed in both directions for the next several days after a ...
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has established the state’s second Disease Management Area in parts of four counties i...
The director of a nonprofit organization that fights substance abuse is broadly criticizing efforts in Harrisburg to liberali...
State lawmakers in Harrisburg have taken the first steps to sell-off 12 former armories – including the former 8-acre F...
A judge is allowing the criminal case against three Penn State administrators accused of covering up reports of improper cond...
A state judge is promising to rule within days about how the office of jury commissioner should be handled in this year's...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is taking a case that will determine if the justices, or any Pennsylvania judges, can serve on...
State Rep. Mike Fleck, of Huntingdon, Blair and Mifflin counties is applauding Thursdays announcement that an agreement has b...
A newspaper says nearly 5,000 people on Pennsylvania's state payroll earned at least $100,000 last year, and more tha...
State Rep. Mike Fleck of Huntingdon/Blair/Mifflin counties, on Wednesday pledged to push for funding to maintain the operatio...
Blair County is facing its own pension crisis.A report released Tuesday by Commissioner Terry Tomassetti and finance director...
Governor Tom Corbett is set to unveil his 2013-14 budget later today in Harrisburg.State Senator John Eichelberger says he&rs...
At yesterday’s ribbon cutting ceremony at the 79th district office of state representative John McGinnis we had a chanc...
The Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show was postponed Thursday after its organizers' ban on assault weapons triggered a backl...
The state Senate Judiciary Committee will meet next week for a hearing on plans to shutter two state prisons and move inmates...
Yesterday, almost 7,000 nursing home workers and members of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania who work in 80 facilities across the...
State Senator John Eichelberger held a press conference on Tuesday to issue his annual report.Speaking from his office in Hol...
The family of the late football coach says they are encouraged by the Governor’s federal lawsuit against the NCAA over ...
Lawyers on opposite sides of Pennsylvania's voter-identification law are slated to meet with a Commonwealth Court judge t...
A preliminary hearing and a separate trial for former Penn State administrators are being postponed.A district judge in the H...
John Hanger is about to become the first person to announce his candidacy for governor in 2014.The former Pennsylvania enviro...
The recent election results have created a less friendly political landscape for Gov. Tom Corbett as he prepares for his 2014...
Governor Tom Corbett has called the pension crisis in Pennsylvania “a tapeworm” to the state budget.Appearing on ...
A Penn State Altoona finance professor will become Altoona and Logan Township’s next state representative in Harrisburg...
Former Penn State President Graham Spanier is set to be arraigned today.Spanier is facing a charge of perjury, two counts of ...
Pennsylvania lawmakers will launch a new session in Harrisburg next year with both chambers remaining under Republican majori...
A union representing thousands of faculty members and coaches at Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities has scheduled...
Another step has been taken by Blair County Commissioners in their effort to potentially sell Valley View Home.At their meeti...
Sunday night Governor Tom Corbett gave an update on the state’s ongoing preparations in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy...
Jerry Sandusky is now a state prison inmate.The 68-year-old was transferred from the Centre County jail to the State Correcti...
The editorial boards of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Patriot-News of Harrisburg are endorsing Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Cas...
A closely watched proposal to rewrite the state's charter schools law died Wednesday when the House wrapped up its two-ye...
Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Eli Avila, who was best known for getting into a dispute over an egg sandwich, stepped down...
Pennsylvania state lawmakers started the legislature's fall session Monday, after returning from summer recess.House Repu...
As a result of the statewide investigation of adults making changes to students’ answer sheets on the Pennsylvania Syst...
The state senate Local Government Committee, chaired by Sen. John Eichelberger, has rescheduled a hearing on Harrisburg's...
The next legislative session in Harrisburg begins Monday.State Senator John Eichelberger, appearing as a guest on WRTA’...
Issues that are driving up costs at the county and municipal levels were the topic of a hearing held on Tuesday in Harrisburg...
The two Penn State administrators awaiting trial for failing to properly report suspected child abuse by Jerry Sandusky argue...
A former animal right’s activist that made headlines in Blair County a few years ago is now in the news in Virginia.Tam...
A federal judge who last spring struck down key provisions of Pennsylvania law governing funeral homes and undertakers, calli...
One of the last operating steam locomotives in the country chugged its way back through Altoona on Monday.The Fort Wayne Rail...
Rail fans get another treat today as the steam locomotive that chugged through Altoona a week ago will make a return visit to...
A court decision released Wednesday in Harrisburg upholds the new voter ID law that provides Pennsylvania election officials ...
Three Blair County volunteer fire companies are getting some help from Harrisburg when it comes to battling forest fires.The ...
State Representative Scott Conklin says he will introduce a bill in Harrisburg that will fundamentally change the way Penn St...
Pennsylvania has removed millions of public records from a state court system website, and while some say that's a troubl...
Pennsylvania's public employee pension system says it won't be able to say if Jerry Sandusky will lose his retirement...
Altoona Curve rising star Gerrit Cole, left his start in Harrisburg last night after being hit by a pair of line drives in th...
A Republican-penned bill that would pave the way for state takeovers of Pennsylvania school districts veering toward financia...
Governor Tom Corbett is revealing little about his budget negotiations with lawmakers, while hoping to score some other victo...
The outcome of Jerry Sandusky's trial on 52 counts of child sex abuse on 10 alleged victims over a 15-year span won't...
Pennsylvania state lawmakers made their way back to Harrisburg for several more weeks of work to wrap up a new state budget a...
Legal experts say former Pittsburgh-area Republican state Sen. Jane Orie might wind up in prison on campaign corruption charg...
The Department of Aging will hold public hearings this month across the state to discuss the 2012-2016 State Plan on Aging, w...
Less than a week before Jerry Sandusky heads to trial on child sex-abuse charges, Penn State's president says the school ...
The Blair County Commissioners are planning for a 10-percent budget cut in social and human services from Harrisburg.Commissi...
An Altoona convenience store has sold a $1.3-million Pennsylvania Lottery Ticket.A lottery spokesperson says the winning ...
A Republican-penned bill that would pave the way for state takeovers of Pennsylvania school districts veering toward financia...
Saying the future of public schools in Pennsylvania is at stake, thousands of protesters are expected in Philadelphia, Pittsb...
It appears to be the end of the line for the Duncansville mail processing facility.The United States Postal Service announced...
Former state House Democratic leader Bill DeWeese has begun his 2 1/2-to-five-year prison term for corruption.Officials at Da...
Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary C. Alan Walker on Friday filed a petition with the Commonwealth Co...
Local officials and political candidates are urging a state panel to make additional changes to a tentative legislative redis...
State lawmakers are among the 29 people who have signed up to share their thoughts on the latest set of maps for Pennsylvania...
State lawmakers returned to Harrisburg Monday and will probably spend much of the coming weeks deciding how to lessen Governo...
Members of an advisory panel are hoping to see changes in how the Pennsylvania state government issues dog licenses, deals wi...
Its primary day 2012 – and all eyes are on the Republican race for the 79th District State Representative.State represe...
Budget cuts in Harrisburg are trickling down to several Blair County Human Services agencies.Director Cathy Crum tells WRTA N...
Penn State confirms that school President Rodney Erickson has been subpoenaed to testify regarding the investigation into for...
Mike Manzo, a key prosecution witness in the corruption case against former Democratic leaders in Pennsylvania's House of...
Blair County has a unique new way to raise awareness of domestic abuse issues in the community.Logan Township’s Volunte...
A state judge will hear a request for an immediate injunction against Pennsylvania's new Marcellus Shale law filed by a g...
Altoona college professor, local small business owner and now political hopeful Richard Flarend (flarr-in) made an appearance...
The Penn State Altoona finance professor challenging 79th District State Representative Rick Geist got his chance yesterday t...
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney predicted Thursday that he will win Pennsylvania in November's presidential ele...
Lose your scissors, screwdriver and pocket knife at a security checkpoint at one of Pennsylvania's airports? Here's y...
Lose your scissors, screwdriver and pocket knife at a security checkpoint at one of Pennsylvania's airports? Here's y...
Altoona Area School district officials say that no matter what course of action they take, nothing will do much to solve the ...
State Senator John Eichelberger says lawmakers in Harrisburg are in the process of addressing issues stemming from the progra...
Officials from municipalities all across Blair County got a chance Wednesday to vent their frustrations about unfunded mandat...
Two Blair County Commissioners will travel to Harrisburg next week for the Spring Conference of the County Commissioners Asso...
A national organization says public pensions are drowning local municipalities financially and leaving taxpayers on the hook ...
Blair County Court administration officials are changing the boundaries and caseloads of some magisterial district judicial o...
The state Commonwealth Court is poised to open hearings on challenges to dozens of political candidates seeking to get their ...
Officials from the four the state-related universities, the University of Pittsburgh, Lincoln, Temple and Penn State will hav...
Harrisburg lawmakers are still split over Pennsylvania's primary election date.Voters are scheduled to go to the polls Ap...
Former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary has put his State College home up for sale.A Kissinger, Bigatel and ...
Penn State says it has received a federal subpoena related to a former assistant football coach accused of molesting boys and...
A newspaper is reporting that Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett plans to spend about $55-million to repair and upgrade bu...
Residents of six Pennsylvania state House districts that aren't currently represented because their lawmakers have been e...
Governor Tom Corbett paid a visit to Cambria County on Thursday.Corbett met with company employees and discussed his proposed...
Pennsylvania state agencies are offering expanded public access to birth and death records under a law enacted in December. T...
Jury selection is under way in a state corruption case against a former top Democratic lawmaker in Harrisburg and his one-tim...
A once-powerful state lawmaker told a grand jury in 2009 that he relied heavily on his district staff to perform re-election ...
The new district lines for Pennsylvania state senators and representatives will be the subject of a state Supreme Court sessi...
State Senator John Eichelberger says some lawmakers in Harrisburg are currently working on meaningful revisions to the state&...
With state lawmakers returning to Harrisburg, gas-drilling opponents are protesting legislation that they say would take away...
Altoona City officials say they plan to keep on holding public planning meetings to generate feedback from residents about th...
Pennsylvania's Democratic and Republican state committees are preparing to vote on candidate endorsements that could play a c...
Investigators with the state attorney general's office have begun re-interviewing current and former employees of Penn State'...
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court has at least four appeals to consider on the state legislative redistricting plan.Wednesday is t...
30th District State Senator John Eichelberger says 2011 was a productive year in Harrisburg, but legislative action major pie...
The legal fight between Harrisburg's mayor and city council over the cash-strapped capital's finances has already cost taxpay...
More bad news for Penn State.The university says it will receive $11.4-million less than its initial appropriation from l...
Pennsylvania's highest court is making contingency plans to hear appeals of the 2012 state legislative redistricting plan - e...
The top stories in Pennsylvania in the past year included sex scandals, icons falling, and extreme weather.The child sex abus...
Blair County’s $400,000 new phone system just got a little more expensive. County leaders on Tuesday approved an &#...
Penn State Officials Eager to Confront Charges Two former Penn State administrators will be in a Harrisburg courtroom today f...
The state-appointed custodian overseeing the troubled finances of Pennsylvania's capital wants the city's creditors to make b...
Transportation officials say electric car charging stations are coming to the Pennsylvania Turnpike.The Pennsylvania Departme...
Sandusky Waives Hearing, Vows to Fight Charges Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky waived his prelimina...
Penn State’s top official says the school likely won’t provide the NCAA all the answers it wants by a December 16...
Attorneys Settle with Second Mile Charity in PA (ap)Attorneys for one of the alleged victims in the Penn State sex abuse say ...
Penn State Accuser Disputes Defense’s Approach The lawyer for a young man described by prosecutors as a sexual abuse vi...
A source who is close to former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno's family has told the Associated Press Sue Paterno was ...
Lawyer: Sandusky Bail May Increase if New Charges are Filed (AP)A legal expert says if more charges are filed against former ...
A former Penn State football assistant coach charged with sexually abusing eight boys in a scandal that has rocked the univer...
The Patriot-News of Harrisburg is calling for the immediate resignation of Penn State President Graham Spanier in a rare, ful...
Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary C.Alan Walker has released the Emergency Action Plan for the distr...
Penn State president Graham Spanier says early indications from Harrisburg make him optimistic the school won't see a repeat ...
Having freshly signed a bill aimed at giving him unprecedented power to take control of the finances in Pennsylvania's capita...
A bill aimed at forcing the city of Harrisburg to accept the state's recommendations on dealing with its staggering debt is h...
A bill to empower Pennsylvania's governor or someone he designates to take over many of the Harrisburg city government's cent...
The years-long buildup of debt in Pennsylvania's capital city is headed for a fight in a federal bankruptcy court, where the ...
The City Council of Harrisburg filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday.The filing lists debts in excess of $400 million largely...
Tim Burns, a businessman who lost two elections to Democrat U.S Representative Mark Critz last year, says he's running for th...
October is "Breast Cancer Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania, with pink-themed events scheduled in every corner of th...
The Pennsylvania attorney general's office says its building in downtown Harrisburg was evacuated Wednesday after they identi...
A former top aide to then-House Speaker John Perzel says Perzel once harbored hopes of being elected as Pennsylvania's govern...
A pharmacist from western Pennsylvania says he'll seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania to challenge...
The director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency says there are still 114 people living in shelters as a result o...
The first trial of Republicans in Pennsylvania's corruption scandal is about to get under way in a Harrisburg courtroom.Openi...
Pennsylvania prosecutors say they're having to drop or not pursue cases against people for not registering under the state's ...
Pennsylvania lawmakers have returned to Harrisburg for their fall legislative term.30th District State Senator John Eichelber...
The Corbett administration is making changes to the state agency that primarily regulates Pennsylvania's booming natural gas ...
Governor Tom Corbett says he favors a plan to overhaul the way electoral votes are awarded to presidential candidates in Penn...
State lawmakers are learning there may not be an approach to Pennsylvania's illegal trash dumps that'll satisfy everyone. At ...
The state Department of Transportation is warning Penn State fans that traveling to Happy Valley could be a challenge from th...
Governor Tom Corbett is giving nearly 25,000 state employees a second paid day off.Amid widespread flooding in central and no...
A 39-mile section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike has been closed due to flooding.The closure, ordered Thursday during the eveni...
A committee of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is about to examine competing proposals to cut the size of the Gener...
A local program that was hit hard by spending cuts in the new state budget has been given a reprieve.Due to a lack of funding...
The Altoona Police Department will add three new officers to its force later today. City officials have scheduled a swearing-...
Pennsylvania's Republican state senators are being told by the chamber's leaders that a "tentative deal" is in plac...
Real school choice legislation that would help put Pennsylvania students on equal footing has been introduced in the state Ho...
Five local firefighters from the Blair County DCNR Forest Fire Station have departed for Arizona to battle a major wildfire.A...
Eligible older adults and families with children can receive vouchers to help them buy fresh, local produce at farm markets a...
Two more Blair County support programs could be eliminated because of proposed state budget cuts in Harrisburg. County leader...
About 30 people, some in wheelchairs, protested outside the Pennsylvania Capitol Wednesday over proposed budget cuts affectin...
Governor Tom Corbett's doctors say he's resting comfortably after successful back surgery at a Pittsburgh hospital. The surge...
Governor Tom Corbett will undergo back surgery for treatment of spinal stenosis this morning, at Allegheny General Hospital i...
A Huntingdon County magistrate is off the bench as state court administrators investigate harassment and public drunkenness c...
Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State defensive coordinator known for his charitable work helping at-risk children, is being ...
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Monday April 15thLowman Henry, PA Leadership ConferenceApril 19th & 20th - HarrisburgandDonna Gority2013 Honorees Tribute...
Rick Geist was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 79th District since first elected in ...
In the early morning hours of July 7, 2005, State Representative Rick Geist and a majority of the Pennsylvania General Assemb...
PA public pensions’ future may mean even higher taxpayer costsMajor private-sector pensions, investment experts suggest...
Rick Geist a 33 year Harrisburg politician casually talks about corruption in the Legislature during an interview with WHTM-T...
For the first time in a long time you have a choice for Pennsylvania State Representative in the 79th District: Dr John McGin...
When Tom Corbett introduced his first state budget as Pennsylvania governor he argued "If government is here to share th...
