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Residents of Altoona will see a referendum on Tuesday’s ballot asking if the City should elect a Government Study Commi...
Most of the action in Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary will be in the state’s cities, boroughs and townships.Politica...
A move to toughen academic achievement standards and tie them to graduation tests for public school students is facing a grou...
Blair County officials will draft a policy to allow its Tax Claim Bureau to strike real estate taxes on mobile homes claimed ...
At his Funeral Thursday former Pennsylvania Gov. George Leader was rememberedas an innovative, energetic and compassionate le...
Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele urged voters to cast ballots in next Tuesday’s primary election and reminde...
Blair County’s Cooperative Extension Office may find a new home at the Altoona Blair County Airport in Martinsburg.Comm...
A top aide to Gov. Tom Corbett says expanding Medicaid eligibility in Pennsylvania under a sweeping federal health care law p...
Unlike Joe Sestak, Republican Sen. Pat Toomey says he's not thinking about his 2016 re-election campaign just yet.Sestak,...
Funeral arrangements are now in place for former Pennsylvania Governor George Leader.The Country Meadows retirement home in H...
The director of Blair County’s Probation and Parole Department says plans to open a satellite office in Altoona have be...
The director of Blair County’s Probation and Parole Department says plans to open a satellite office in Altoona have be...
The Pennsylvania House is giving its approval to a bill that would eventually cut business taxes by hundreds of millions of d...
A new ethics filing by Governor Tom Corbett reports he accepted travel subsidies worth more than $18,000 last year, inclu...
Fewer and fewer Pennsylvania school districts are seeking approval to raise property taxes beyond a state-imposed inflation i...
Pennsylvania's ranking state senator is warning that the nearing June 30th end of the fiscal year doesn't bode well f...
The Republican leader in the Pennsylvania Senate is taking the wraps off a wide set of proposed changes to the state Right-to...
A Pennsylvania congressman has unveiled new airline safety legislation that would require planes to have secondary barriers p...
The Blair County Sheriff’s Department needs your help in finding a wanted fugitive.Storm Robert Robles is wanted for fe...
A judge has denied a request to immediately stop a plan by Governor Tom Corbett's administration to close nearly half of ...
A Marine veteran says he plans to run against freshman U.S. Representative Keith Rothfus in next year's Republican primar...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court says public disclosure of the names of clients whose lawyers were funded by the state Senate d...
By a vote of 144-53, legislation prohibiting abortion coverage in qualified plans offered through a health insurance exchange...
People who helped contribute $460,000 to Joe Sestak in the first three months of this year say they gave even though the ...
A proposal to fully include Penn State and the other three "state-related" universities under the Pennsylvania Righ...
A bill to allow Pennsylvanians to register online to vote is on its way to the House of Representatives. Wednesday's vote...
Companies that want to convert larger vehicles to natural gas may soon be getting some help from the state of Pennsylvania in...
Conservative state lawmakers who are wary about plans to raise taxes or fees to boost Pennsylvania's transportation spend...
Pennsylvania's Senate Transportation Committee chairman wants to boost spending on highways and mass transit by almost 50...
Ninth District Congressman Bill Shuster may have a challenger going into his 2014 bid for re-election.Art Halverson, a retire...
Leaders of the Democratic minority in the Pennsylvania Senate say a potential $140-million surplus in school-pension reim...
Ninth District Congressman Bill Shuster will likely have a challenger this spring.That’s according to the Blair County ...
The head of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission says he's considering seeking a new fee on water extracted by indus...
Pennsylvania state lawmakers are joining a newly formed government reform caucus and hoping that its bipartisan membership an...
U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz is kicking off her 2014 campaign for the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania governor.The 64-ye...
Governor Tom Corbett has named Michael Wolf as Secretary of the Department of Health.Wolf will oversee the regulation of Penn...
The Blair County Sheriff’s Department needs your help tracking down a wanted fugitive.Deputies are searching for 31-yea...
Millionaire business executive Tom Knox says he won't run for Pennsylvania governor.In recent weeks, other Democrats have...
Governor Tom Corbett is suggesting that he's interested in a concept that combines an expansion of Medicaid eligibility f...
The Blair County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a fugitive. He’s 34-year-old Douglas J. Leary III and he&rsq...
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey says he now supports gay marriage, becoming the latest lawmaker to change positions on an issue now befor...
The state Department of Corrections has opened its newest prison with a ceremony at the State Correctional Institution-Benner...
Governor Tom Corbett's meeting with U.S. Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on whether he'll seek an expans...
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources are inviting military families with children to take advantage of free a...
A retired Sergeant of the Department of Corrections wants to be Altoona’s next Mayor.56 year old Democrat John Pentland...
Governor Tom Corbett's top budget adviser says changes are needed in the major state pension funds even if his long-range...
Legislation that would eliminate automatic cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, for various public officials has been introd...
Republicans in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives are close to voting to end the state's system of government-run ...
An effort to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to clarify that lawmakers may decide what kinds of institutions qualify as c...
Pennsylvanians to register online to vote has the unanimous approval of a key legislative committee.The Senate State Governme...
Former Pennsylvania environmental protection secretary Kathleen McGinty says she's seriously considering running for gove...
A key legislative panel has endorsed a radically changed version of Republican Gov. Tom Corbett's liquor-privatization bi...
A former state Senate leader and seven others have been charged in a "pay to play" case involving the Pennsylvania ...
According to a top law maker, Gov. Tom Corbett plans to ask Attorney General Kathleen Kane's office to reverse its reject...
Penn State Altoona’s Enactus team is partnering with the Blair County Chamber of Commerce to help military veterans see...
On Monday, State Senator John Eichelberger announced his plan to introduce legislation to safeguard the protections contained...
Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz says she'll set up a state fundraising committee as the first step toward a likely 2014 ca...
Governor Tom Corbett says he and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will meet to discuss issues surro...
Altoona City Council recently passed an ordinance calling for a study commission referendum to be placed on the upcoming prim...
A Republican leader in the Pennsylvania Legislature is renewing his effort to change how the state allocates its Electoral Co...
The Obama administration says automatic spending cuts set to take effect this week would mean less money for Pennsylvania'...
Last week Altoona City Council adopted an ordinance approving submission of a question on the May 21st primary election ballo...
Altoona City Council will hold an informational meeting on Wednesday, March 13th at 6:00 p.m. prior to the city council meeti...
The Blair County Commissioners office could move to its new home as early as next month.Commissioner Ted Beam says renovation...
Governor Tom Corbett's administration has returned a $50-million security deposit to a British firm that had submitte...
State Treasurer Rob McCord says he needs more money to make more money for state government. At a Senate Appropriations Commi...
Pennsylvania Senate Democrats are challenging Governor Tom Corbett's top budget adviser over the administration's pro...
Governor Tom Corbett is pressing state Attorney General Kathleen Kane to say whether she'll approve a contract to hire a ...
The position of Director of Elections, left vacant by the recent death of Ingrid Healy-Tucker, will be filled by the Assistan...
An ambitious budget proposal by Governor Tom Corbett would boost state spending by nearly 3-percent while increasing support ...
Blair County District Attorney Richard Consiglio has announced that he will seek another term.Consiglio says that since he to...
Pennsylvanians can display their support for military veterans with a new specialized license plate authorized by a state law...
As a first step in the annual budget process, Gov. Tom Corbett will present his proposal for the 2013-14 fiscal year before a...
The Blair County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday afternoon at the office of State Representative...
The first step to a change in Altoona’s form of government was taken by City Council last night with the introduction o...
At last night’s City Council meeting, Councilman Dave Butterbaugh offered up one reason that a change to Home Rule woul...
Congressman Bill Shuster cited a “no budget, no pay” provision as the main reason why he supported a bill on Wedn...
There isn’t much hope that the state Department of Corrections will reverse its decision and keep the state prisons at ...
The state Senate Judiciary Committee will meet next week for a hearing on plans to shutter two state prisons and move inmates...
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. says that President Barack Obama’s plan to reduce gun violence should be considered.Casey said ...
Some 1,300 Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers and airmen will join a team of 6,000 National Guard members to provide securi...
An outbreak of the flu has caused a building at the Hollidaysburg Veterans Home to be quarantined.According to the State Depa...
The first of the 1,500 inmates being moved from SCI-Cresson will get under way this week.Sources close to the operation say t...
A trio of Democrats will be sworn in to Pennsylvania's three statewide row offices this week, heralding a new political d...
The Blair County Sheriff’s Department is asking the public to help them locate a fugitive.34 year old Patrick R. Oschea...
Blair County Chief Deputy District Attorney Wade Kagarise has announced his candidacy for the upcoming vacancy on the Blair C...
The Blair County Sheriff’s Department is looking to the public for help in finding a drug suspect on the loose.35 year ...
U.S. Senator Pat Toomey is now serving on Senate Finance Committee. Yesterday the Republican Senator of Pennsylvania announce...
The state Department of Revenue is reporting that half-way through the fiscal year, Pennsylvania's tax collections are ru...
A Pennsylvania state senator began seeking Senate support on Thursday to create a gun violence prevention task force in the w...
Some Pennsylvania advocates of legalizing marijuana say citizen votes to do so in Washington and Colorado could help their ca...
Even before 2012 is over, state Senate Republican leader Dominic Pileggi is already advocating changes in the way Pennsylvani...
The Corbett administration is unveiling a new website that it says will make state government more transparent.Corbett joined...
The 2013 budget for the city of Altoona was passed last night.The city will start the year with a fund balance of about three...
Long opposed to new gun laws, Sen. Bob Casey said Wednesday that in the wake of the Connecticut school shootings he would now...
Pennsylvania's presidential electors have cast all 20 of their ballots for President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe ...
An effort by an area college will surely brighten the holiday season for service men and women away from their homes and fami...
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett says his state won't set up its own health care exchange under the federal Affordable C...
Lawyers on opposite sides of Pennsylvania's voter-identification law are slated to meet with a Commonwealth Court judge t...
Democratic lawmakers say the Corbett administration's move to privatize Pennsylvania Lottery management is shrouded in se...
According to a national advocacy group for gay and lesbian public officials, Pennsylvania State Rep. Mike Fleck, who over the...
A cancer treatment program based at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center near Washington, D.C. has been named for lat...
State Senate Republican leader Dominic Pileggi is renewing his call for Pennsylvania to change the way it counts its electora...
Republican Rep. Mike Fleck told The Daily News of Huntingdon County that his personal journey has been a long and difficult p...
Two men are facing gun charges following an incident last night in Altoona.City police say that with the assistance of a conf...
U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, has been named the new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.The House Re...
John Hanger is about to become the first person to announce his candidacy for governor in 2014.The former Pennsylvania enviro...
Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to sentence a former state leader.In a sentencing memorandum filed Monday, prosecutors...
Following the Democratic sweep at the top of Pennsylvania's ballot this past election three prospective candidates are al...
Governor Tom Corbett is focusing on the second half of his term.During a Pennsylvania Press Club luncheon on Monday, the Repu...
The recent election results have created a less friendly political landscape for Gov. Tom Corbett as he prepares for his 2014...
Pennsylvania's jobless rate is down for the first time in six months.The state Department of Labor and Industry reports t...
Today is the deadline for Gov. Tom Corbett to tell the federal government whether Pennsylvania will be setting up a health in...
Property taxes may soon be going up in Blair County.Blair County Commissioners received their first glimpse of the 2013 gener...
U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster is aiming to become the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.Shuster sent...
Members and veterans of the United States Armed Forces decorated for valor or meritorious service during a time of armed conf...
Governor Tom Corbett's administration is seeking ways to generate additional revenue.On Friday, the administration announ...
It looks like real estate taxes will be going up in Blair County.The budget to be introduced at the Blair County Board of Com...
Governor Tom Corbett has called the pension crisis in Pennsylvania “a tapeworm” to the state budget.Appearing on ...
Democratic President Barack Obama has defeated Republican nominee Mitt Romney in Pennsylvania and won the state’s 20 el...
Voter turnout was heavy across much of Blair County on Tuesday.Unofficial election results show that nearly 57-percent of the...
A Penn State Altoona finance professor will become Altoona and Logan Township’s next state representative in Harrisburg...
Ninth District Congressman Bill Shuster easily won re-election on Tuesday.The six-term incumbent faced a challenge from Merce...
Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania has won re-election to a second term.Casey capitalized on high name recogni...
Political rookie Kathleen Kane has been elected the first woman and first Democrat to be elected Pennsylvania attorney genera...
Eugene DePasquale, a Democratic state legislator from York County, has won a three-way race for state auditor general.The 41-...
Democratic incumbent Rob McCord has been elected to a second four-year term as Pennsylvania state treasurer.Republican Diana ...
Pennsylvania lawmakers will launch a new session in Harrisburg next year with both chambers remaining under Republican majori...
Republican challenger Keith Rothfus unseated Congressman Mark Critz in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District in Tues...
State Senator John Wozniak has won re-election in the 35th state Senate District.Wozniak secured a narrow victory over newcom...
It’s Election Day 2012.Polls open at 7am and will remain open until 8pm.WRTA News had a chance to get some last minute ...
Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele yesterday reminded voters that polls will be open across the state today from 7 a...
Polls open at 7 am and will be open until 8 o’clock this evening.On Monday, Officials with the Department of State say ...
Tomorrow voters will be heading to the polls and once inside the booths the ballots will feature these candidates;PresidentDe...
After a presidential campaign distinguished more by sporadic TV commercials than candidate visits to the state, Pennsylvania ...
Disaster emergencies have been declared in Blair, Bedford and Huntingdon counties by local Commissioners.The move makes it ea...
Altoona Mayor Bill Schirf will temporarily open up an office to make himself available to city residents with questions about...
Pennsylvania's jobless rate rose again for the fourth straight month in September.The State Department of Labor and Indus...
The editorial boards of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Patriot-News of Harrisburg are endorsing Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Cas...
The candidates running for Attorney General in Pennsylvania will face off in an hour long debate on this evening at Widener L...
Two candidates are continuing to battle it out locally ahead of the November 6th election.The Blair County Chamber of Commerc...
The Blair Chamber of Commerce will host a candidate debate this morning at the Blair County Convention Center.The primary foc...
Democratic leaders in the state House asked the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday to look into how the investigation of...
A closely watched proposal to rewrite the state's charter schools law died Wednesday when the House wrapped up its two-ye...
The 82-year-old Specter passed away Sunday at his home in Pennsylvania after a lengthy battle with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.Spec...
Ann Romney is expected to make a stop in Blair County next week.Officials with the Blair County Republican Party say the wife...
Tuesday is the final day to register to vote in the November 6th general election.Voters will cast ballots for candidates for...
The State House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that could ultimately benefit volunteer firefighters a...
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by an organization that includes atheists and agnostics over a Pennsylvania Ho...
Pennsylvania voters claiming to have been disenfranchised by a new voter identification law testified Thursday before the jud...
There is plenty of concern among city leaders as they find themselves sitting and waiting, and waiting, and waiting for the A...
As the November election approaches its clear that workers at Blair County’s Voter Registration Office are going to hav...
An investigation is underway into threatening letters found at the home of a State House candidate.Police in Cambria County s...
Democrat Kathleen Kane holds a slim fundraising edge over Republican David Freed in the state attorney general race, accordin...
The YMCA is kicking off an annual campaign.The Hollidaysburg Area YMCA is kicking off their annual Strong Kids Campaign. The ...
A hearing today in Commonwealth Court in Harrisburg will be the latest chapter in a legal challenge to a 6-month-old law that...
The last of the 25 criminal cases resulting from Pennsylvania's 5-year-old legislative corruption investigation is about ...
Pennsylvania state lawmakers started the legislature's fall session Monday, after returning from summer recess.House Repu...
The major-party candidates for auditor general vowed Friday not to run for higher office while serving as the state governmen...
The major-party candidates for auditor general vowed Friday not to run for higher office while serving as the state governmen...
The television attacks in Pennsylvania's race for U.S. Senate are becoming more strident as the election clock winds down...
Pennsylvania farmers rely heavily on the technical and financial assistance laid out in the Farm Bill.With some parts of the ...
Governor Tom Corbett has signed an executive order to establish a commission to examine and advocate for Pennsylvania’s...
With three weeks left before Pennsylvania's first execution in 13 years, a bipartisan legislative task force studying the...
Last night in Altoona the candidates running for State Representative, 79th District,faced off in the first of a series of de...
Tonight the Division of Student Affairs at Penn State Altoona and Blair Countians for Drug Free Communities will be sponsorin...
As part of the national observance of Patriot Day, Governor Tom Corbett joined officials at the U.S. Army War College in Cumb...
The post office near the site where hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in southwestern Pennsylvania is again offering...
If you use a cell phone or other hand-held device while you drive, you soon may be breaking the law in Pennsylvania.House App...
A Democratic lawmaker Thursday demanded that the Corbett administration pull a TV ad designed to educate Pennsylvania voters ...
With the Labor Day weekend in our rearview mirror, serious campaigning has begun for the race for the next State Representati...
Richard Flarend, the democrat running against Republican John McGinnis for 79th District State Representative picked up sever...
When the last big weekend of the summer wraps up, the campaign season will hit high gear in anticipation of the November Elec...
Penn State has reached an agreement with the NCAA and the Big Ten Conference on the terms of the Athletics Integrity Agreemen...
The Republican candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania on Monday compared the decision to abort an unwanted pregnancy resulting ...
The Democratic candidate for state attorney general says the Corbett administration is "playing politics" to impede...
Republican Paul Ryan is criticizing President Barack Obama for a remark the Democrat made four years ago about voters clingin...
The administration of Governor Tom Corbett is suggesting that a U.S. Department of Justice inquiry into Pennsylvania's to...
The administration of Governor Tom Corbett is suggesting that a U.S. Department of Justice inquiry into Pennsylvania's to...
Pennsylvania Democrats have chosen a southwestern Pennsylvania county commissioner to run for the state House seat vacated by...
The board of trustees at Penn State University plans to hold open meetings this weekend as part of an on-campus retreat.The m...
The sentencing hearing in former state Sen. Robert Mellow's corruption case is now scheduled for October.A federal judge ...
A court decision released Wednesday in Harrisburg upholds the new voter ID law that provides Pennsylvania election officials ...
Blair County officials have put a hold on taking part of a state offered human services program.Just one month ago all three ...
Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger Tom Smith have begun airing their first TV ads attacking each other,...
A momentous anniversary will be celebrated today during a ceremony at Penn State's Ag Progress Days.University and govern...
The Pennsylvania Democratic Party told a state judge Wednesday that former House speaker Bill DeWeese should be removed from ...
Alternative energy could take a step forward in Pennsylvania after the US Senate Finance Committee voted late last week to re...
A former senator named to oversee Penn State's compliance with NCAA sanctions has an honorary degree from the school.Sena...
Former U.S. Senator George Mitchell will serve as the independent athletics integrity monitor at Penn State for the NCAA.The ...
A tentative recovery plan for the financially struggling city of Scranton includes a commuter tax and increased contributions...
Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein and her running mate have been arrested at a sit-in at a Philadelphia bank over h...
The State Department of Environmental Protection will spray several parts of Blair County to help control the spread of the W...
Lieutenant Governor Mark Cawley will visit Blair County today.Cawley is set to tour the New Pig Company in Tipton – whe...
The first legal test for Pennsylvania's tough new voter identification law began Wednesday, with state lawyers calling th...
Lieutenant Governor Mark Cawley will visit Blair County today.Cawley is set to tour the New Pig Company in Tipton – whe...
The first legal test for Pennsylvania's tough new voter identification law began Wednesday, with state lawyers calling th...
A Capitol rally against Pennsylvania's new voter ID law ended peacefully Tuesday, but not before it spilled over into a n...
The Department of Justice is looking at whether Pennsylvania's tough new voter law requiring photo identification complie...
In a year in which voters are relatively unenthusiastic about the November 6th presidential election, there are a half-millio...
The state Supreme Court will hear arguments during its September session on at least 10 challenges to the latest attempt to r...
A Pennsylvania government webpage that carries outdated information on voters' photo ID requirements apparently lives on ...
Pennsylvania taxpayers are facing higher payouts for prescription and dental benefits for House and Senate lawmakers.These sa...
Over the weekend, hundreds of people attended the annual Blair County Tea Party Freedom Fest.The event held on Sunday at Legi...
Thursday’s ruling from the United States Supreme Court on the Affordable Healthcare Act drew strong reactions from WRTA...
A Republican-crafted spending plan for Pennsylvania's state government is one big step closer to becoming law.Thursday...
Ninth District Congressman Bill Shuster is calling the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling upholding President Barack Obama&rsqu...
Governor Tom Corbett isn't saying anything yet about the decision he faces on whether to expand Pennsylvania's Medica...
Democrats are criticizing a $27.7-billion Pennsylvania state spending plan written by majority Republicans as a gift to b...
Details of the nearly $27.7-billion state spending plan endorsed by Republican Governor Tom Corbett and GOP legislative l...
Pennsylvania's House of Representatives is signaling support for a plan to widen the scope of evaluations for teachers an...
Lawmakers and staff in Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled state Legislature are scrambling to finish writing a host of ...
The state lawmaker who's sponsoring a proposed voucher-like tax credit aimed at helping students flee from Pennsylvania&#...
The fate of former state Rep. Stephen Stetler is in the hands of the jury in his corruption trial.Lawyers for the prosecution...
Democrats are pouncing on a Republican lawmaker's statement that Pennsylvania's new voter identification law will all...
Ed Rendell will appear in court on behalf of a former top state House Democrat who is fighting charges that he illegally dive...
More money for private school scholarships and education nonprofits in Pennsylvania will be part of a nearly $27.7-billio...
Governor Tom Corbett says he and top Republican state lawmakers have an agreement on a nearly $27.7-billion spending plan...
A Republican-penned bill that would pave the way for state takeovers of Pennsylvania school districts veering toward financia...
The Legislature's leading advocate of privatizing liquor and wine sales in Pennsylvania has thrown in the towel, at least...
A bill to outlaw the use of "false or secret" compartments in motor vehicles for criminal activity is on its way to...
Testimony is about to begin in what may be the final trial spawned by the Pennsylvania attorney general's investigation i...
Pennsylvania state government now has the authority to make one of its largest, if not its largest, bond issues ever as it lo...
A new poll shows Governor Tom Corbett's job-approval rating is lower than ever.The Quinnipiac University survey released ...
A statewide survey shows voters support Pennsylvania's new photo-ID requirement by a 2-1 margin.The Quinnipiac University...
Governor Tom Corbett is revealing little about his budget negotiations with lawmakers, while hoping to score some other victo...
Governor Tom Corbett and his fellow Republicans who lead the state Legislature are working to develop a package of public sch...
Pennsylvania's House of Representatives has sent to the governor a bill that would allow up to $4.5-billion in borrow...
A $27.7-billion budget plan written by Republican leaders of the Pennsylvania state House and Senate would send more mone...
A major bill to pay off Pennsylvania's nearly $4-billion unemployment compensation debt to the federal government is ...
Some Altoona Area School District board members are questioning the administrations effort to restrict their access to school...
Former Republican state Senator Jane Orie has been ordered to serve 2 1/2 to 10 years in state prison for using her taxpayer-...
Pennsylvania state lawmakers made their way back to Harrisburg for several more weeks of work to wrap up a new state budget a...
The Department of Aging will hold public hearings this month across the state to discuss the 2012-2016 State Plan on Aging, w...
A.C. Stickel will continue to lead local Republicans for the next two years.The Altoona City Controller fought off a spirited...
Governor Tom Corbett is expected to meet with top party figures and supporters amid criticism of his administration just as a...
Faith-based and community aid organizations from across Pennsylvania are urging state lawmakers to undo plans to kill a Depre...
Governor Tom Corbetts chief of staff is leaving his post.Governor Corbett said Thursday that his long-time friend will leave ...
A former U.S. President paid a surprise visit to our region on Thursday.An Omni Bedford Springs spokesperson says former Pres...
More than two dozen protestors gathered on the steps of the Blair County Courthouse Wednesday to protest Governor Tom Corbett...
If you fly an American flag at home, you may want to follow the state's lead and fly it half-staff Monday.Governor Corbet...
Blair County’s Drug and Alcohol Program is getting $25,000 from the federal government to help in the fight against...
State legislative leaders say there will be no "lame duck" session of Pennsylvania's General Assembly following...
The preliminary hearing for state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin on campaign corruption charges has been postponed un...
A Republican-penned bill that would pave the way for state takeovers of Pennsylvania school districts veering toward financia...
The Blair County Commissioners are expected to vote today to implement a $25 cremation fee.The issue is on the agenda for...
A new coalition says Pennsylvania must take steps to divert more criminals to programs outside of prison and to speed up the ...
A new coalition says Pennsylvania must take steps to divert more criminals to programs outside of prison and to speed up the ...
Former state House Democratic leader Bill DeWeese has begun his 2 1/2-to-five-year prison term for corruption.Officials at Da...
The Republican candidate for State Attorney General stumped in Blair County on Wednesday.David Freed is currently Cumberland ...
The Pennsylvania Senate has approved a $27.7-billion state budget plan that would avoid many of the cuts Governor Tom Cor...
President Barack Obama's support for gay marriage may become an issue for voters to sort through in Pennsylvania, a vote-...
Former state Senate Democratic Leader Robert Mellow has pleaded guilty in a public corruption case involving the misuse of hi...
Some Blair County Courthouse offices will soon be on the move.County leaders on Tuesday discussed their plans to relocate som...
Rick Santorum has officially endorsed Mitt Romney's bid to unseat President Obama in the White House. "Politico repo...
Pennsylvania's universities, public schools, hospitals, nursing homes and people who depend on county-run social services...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has temporarily suspended state Senator Jane Orie from the practice of law following her convi...
Pennsylvania college students are urging federal lawmakers to strike a deal that will avert higher interest rates on student ...
Dr. John McGinnis has resigned from the Blair County Tea Party Board of Directors.McGinnis secured the Republican nomination ...
Republicans who control the Pennsylvania Senate say improved tax collections will make more money available for education, so...
Citing the need for more time to take care of his ailing wife, Altoona Mayor Bill Schirf won’t be seeking a second term...
Pittsburgh-area Republican state Senator Jane Orie intends to resign by May 21st, but is asking the court to delay her senten...
Finally, its official.Blair County 2012 Primary Election numbers that are being reported to the Pennsylvania Department of St...
A proposal to cut business taxes and attempt to close the much-maligned "Delaware loophole" is on its way to the st...
Blair County election officials will meet today to wrap up last Tuesday’s primary election.Director Ingrid Healy-Tucker...
A proposal to cut business taxes and address the so-called "Delaware loophole" that opponents say permits corporati...
Former state Senate Democratic Leader Robert Mellow is now scheduled to plead guilty in his corruption case next week.Mellow ...
State lawmakers are among the 29 people who have signed up to share their thoughts on the latest set of maps for Pennsylvania...
A group of people who say they may be unable to vote because of Pennsylvania's tough new voter identification law are sui...
Two Penn State Altoona professors will square off this fall in the race to replace Rick Geist as representative in the 79th S...
The Altoona-Blair County Airport has received the green light from the federal government to bring in a new airline.U.S. Depa...
Former state Sen. Robert Mellow has been fined $21,000 for billing taxpayers to rent space for his district office in a b...
Tom Smith thrashed the candidate endorsed by the Republican Party and Gov. Tom Corbett for the right to challenge Democratic ...
Penn State Altoona financial professor John McGinnis has unseated veteran State Representative Rick Geist to secure the GOP n...
We could know by Friday who will win the Democratic nod for PA House District 79.Political newcomer Richard Flarend launched ...
As expected, voter turnout in Blair County was meager at best.Unofficial elections results show that 27-percent of registered...
5 incumbent PA State Lawmakers Lose Primaries Veteran Altoona State Representative Rick Geist wasn’t the only Pennsylva...
Its primary day 2012 – and all eyes are on the Republican race for the 79th District State Representative.State represe...
Elections officials and political pundits say most of Pennsylvania’s seven million registered voters will likely not ca...
A congressman, the Philadelphia mayor and at least three state lawmakers are pledging to live on $35 worth of food for th...
Pennsylvania's voters will pick candidates to run for president, U.S. Senate, state attorney general and a slew of other ...
Voters in Blair County should expect to be asked for photo identification in Tuesday's primary election, but those withou...
A former aide to Representative Bill DeWeese has been sentenced to five years' probation in a corruption case.Dauphin Cou...
The five Republicans hoping to challenge U.S. Senator Bob Casey's re-election bid complain that the Democrat supports Pre...
About 80 people attended Tuesday’s 4th annual Tax Day Rally held in Hollidaysburg.The event at the Canal Basin Park fea...
Voters in Blair County going to the polls for next Tuesday’s primary election will be asked to show their photo identif...
The campaign of GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney says it has the support of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett.Corbett...
State Representative Rick Geist is calling for action on transportation funding in Pennsylvania.Leaders of Pennsylvania busin...
A safe prediction about the upcoming primary for seats in the Pennsylvania Legislature: April 24th will be a good day for inc...
Mike Manzo, a key prosecution witness in the corruption case against former Democratic leaders in Pennsylvania's House of...
Pennsylvania's Democratic Party says U.S. Senator Bob Casey is just off his biggest fundraising quarter of the election c...
House Speaker Sam Smith says it's "outrageous" to assert that Pennsylvania's new Marcellus Shale law could ...
The attacks are flying among Republican candidates for the nod to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey.Five men are runni...
Governor Tom Corbett says Pennsylvanians upset over rising school taxes should demand explanations from their local school bo...
The head of the Pennsylvania Republican Party says Rick Santorum's short-lived presidential campaign helped create moment...
One of five contenders seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania paid a visit to our region on Tuesda...
Rick Santorum's decision to drop out of the GOP nomination race is drawing a positive reaction from Republican leaders in...
Altoona college professor, local small business owner and now political hopeful Richard Flarend (flarr-in) made an appearance...
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney predicted Thursday that he will win Pennsylvania in November's presidential ele...
Rick Santorum is taking a break from the presidential campaign trail to observe the Easter holiday.The former U.S. senator re...
A crowd of about 400 people greeted Rick Santorum Wednesday outside of the Blair County Courthouse as he brought his campaign...
Pennsylvanians are a step closer to being able to decide whether to shrink their state Legislature, following a vote in the s...
An Altoona college professor and local small business owner is seeking the Democratic nomination for 79th District State Repr...
A large crowd is expected to gather on the patio of the Blair County Courthouse today as Rick Santorum brings his bid for the...
A state House member from southwestern Pennsylvania says he'll remember the friendships he made during nearly four decade...
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will pay a visit to Blair County.Santorum is set to hold a rally on Wednesday...
The winner of the Republican primary for Altoona’s 79th District State Representative will have a challenger this fall....
Crunch time is beginning for virtually unknown Republican candidates looking to unseat Senator Bob Casey -- and money for TV ...
A bill to allow Pennsylvanians to have domestic wines shipped to their homes has cleared the state Senate, but it faces hurdl...
Mayors of some Pennsylvania cities say a bill backed by gun-rights advocates is an attempt to bully them into repealing ordin...
Republican state Senator Jane Orie has been convicted on 14 counts of theft of services, conflict of interest, and forgery bu...
A new federal lawsuit says a state House resolution that declared 2012 the "Year of the Bible" in Pennsylvania viol...
Four of the nine Republicans recently sentenced in a public-corruption case were forced to forfeit state pensions besides ser...
Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Senate is advancing legislation for a constitutional amendment that would prevent Pe...
Today is your last chance to register to vote for the April 24 primary election.In the primary election, voters will cast bal...
Today is your last chance to register to vote for the April 24 primary election.In the primary election, voters will cast bal...
The Altoona Water Authority’s employee pension plan remains on relatively solid ground.Board members on Thursday review...
Former Pennsylvania House Speaker John Perzel must spend at least 2½ years in prison for his role in a scheme to use p...
The first three of the remaining Republicans convicted in Pennsylvania's government corruption scandal won't be going...
Altoona Area School District school board has passed a resolution calling for prevailing wage reform.Board members voted Mond...
The remaining Republicans convicted in Pennsylvania's government corruption case are about to learn how much jail time, i...
A Florida-based regional airline has submitted a petition to the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide passenger air s...
A Commonwealth Court judge has tossed incumbent 9th District Congressman Bill Shuster's only opponent of the April 24th p...
A former Democratic leader of Pennsylvania's Senate was charged Thursday with misusing Senate staff and resources for pol...
Pennsylvania is home to one of the nation's toughest photo identification laws for voters, less than eight months before ...
Ninth District Congressman Bill Shuster is backing Mitt Romney in his quest for the Republican nomination for president.Shust...
Members of Pennsylvania's House of Representatives are debating a bill to require all voters to show certain photo identi...
The Republican floor leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives wants a vote next week on new maps for the state'...
Pennsylvania state senators are debating a bill to require every voter to show certain photo identification before their ball...
A one-time Democratic power broker in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly has been convicted on 10 criminal counts in a cor...
A one-time Democratic power broker in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly has been convicted on 10 criminal counts in a cor...
A bill to require voters to show certain photo identification before their vote can be counted in Pennsylvania is advancing i...
The Republican leader in the Pennsylvania House says he doesn't plan to schedule a vote on a bill to mandate ultrasounds ...
State Democratic senators are challenging Governor Tom Corbett's top public welfare official over the administration'...
A retired state senator who co-chaired a nonprofit with former House Democratic whip Mike Veon told jurors at his corruption ...
The state Commonwealth Court is poised to open hearings on challenges to dozens of political candidates seeking to get their ...
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is critical of a bid involving his predecessor for control of Philadelphia's two major news...
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is critical of a bid involving his predecessor for control of Philadelphia's two major news...
The Republican leader of the Pennsylvania Senate says he expects the state's April 24th primary to be conducted using the...
A Franklin County woman is planning on giving 9th Congressional District voters another option in this year’s election....
The five-member Pennsylvania commission redrawing district lines for 50 seats in the state Senate and 203 in the state House ...
The Blair County Tea Party is gearing-up for another event tonight at the Ramada Inn.The organization will hold a Freedom For...
State Representative Bill DeWeese is not letting a corruption conviction stand in the way of his re-election.The Greene Count...
The leader of the Pennsylvania House Democratic caucus is asking the Republican speaker to schedule special elections for six...
Blair County will receive $24,000 from the State Department of Agriculture to test and spray for the West Nile Virus.Coun...
State elections officials say Republican gubernatorial candidate Newt Gingrich's campaign has filed papers to qualify for...
Blair County officials are moving forward with plans to open their new Central Booking Center.Salary Board members voted Mond...
Blair County Salary Board officials tabled a pay increase for a deputy coroner.Coroner Patricia Ross is seeking a $6,000 ...
President Barack Obama and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum each have submitted petitions to appear on the Pennsylva...
The administration of Governor Tom Corbett is expecting about $50-million from its new efforts to collect taxes on items ...
Candidates who want to file nominating petitions to get on the ballot for Pennsylvania’s April 24 primary election are ...
Governor Tom Corbett is signing off on a state grant for the Arlen Specter Library after singling it out during his campaign ...
Convicted state Representative Bill DeWeese says he'll step down when he is sentenced for corruption but he's hoping ...
Governor Tom Corbett on Tuesday proposed a hold-the-line budget of $27.1-billion, with no tax increases, deep cuts to hig...
The state Senate voted Tuesday to impose a fee on natural-gas drilling in Pennsylvania and expand regulations for the booming...
A once-powerful Democratic Pennsylvania lawmaker has been convicted on five of six corruption charges relating to allegations...
Jurors in the corruption trial of once-powerful Pennsylvania state Rep. Bill DeWeese are poised to deliberate for a third day...
A final framework is at hand on sweeping legislation to impose an impact fee and update safety regulations on Pennsylvania...
Jurors in the corruption trial of state Rep. Bill DeWeese are slated to begin a second day of deliberations.Dauphin County Pr...
An entrepreneur from southwestern Pennsylvania is dropping out of the race for U.S. Senate now that the Republican Party has ...
The administration of Governor Tom Corbett is relaxing the guidelines of an asset test it wants to impose on people seeking f...
Senator Bob Casey has about $4.4-million in his campaign account as he gears up his re-election campaign against a crowde...
A lawyer hired to represent Pennsylvania House Democrats in the early stages of a state corruption probe says long-time floor...
Pennsylvania's highest-ranking state senator says he thinks an agreement on a sweeping bill to impose a fee on the boomin...
The Republican speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is asking a federal judge to rule that the legislative di...
A county-wide drug operation was conducted this morning.Officials from the Blair County District Attorney office and Pennsylv...
A county-wide drug operation was conducted this morning.Officials from the Blair County District Attorney office and Pennsylv...
A county-wide drug operation was conducted this morning.Officials from the Blair County District Attorney office and Pennsylv...
A once-powerful state lawmaker told a grand jury in 2009 that he relied heavily on his district staff to perform re-election ...
A divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday invalidated a plan to redraw state House and Senate district lines, calling...
Pennsylvania's state House majority leader, Mike Turzai, says he's decided against running for U.S. House after telli...
A Pennsylvania state House of Representatives panel is advancing a bill that would slash the chamber's membership from 20...
A prosecutor says a Pennsylvania lawmaker who served in the Democratic leadership for many years is a "common thief"...
Lawyers are poised to make opening arguments in the corruption trial of former longtime Pennsylvania House floor leader Bill ...
The new district lines for Pennsylvania state senators and representatives will be the subject of a state Supreme Court sessi...
Ninth District Congressman Bill Shuster says the Obama Administration’s decision to reject a permit for the Keystone XL...
With state lawmakers returning to Harrisburg, gas-drilling opponents are protesting legislation that they say would take away...
The longtime head of a citizens advisory committee on Pennsylvania's parks and forests has been fired, an action that fellow ...
Pennsylvania's Democratic and Republican state committees are preparing to vote on candidate endorsements that could play a c...
The race for the Republican nomination for attorney general appears to be over.State Senator John Rafferty said Wednesday he ...
The United Way of Blair County has opened its 2012 Impact Grant process.Organizers say any non-profit organization that provi...
Arlen Specter is out of office, but Pennsylvania's longest-serving U.S. senator isn't done trying to make an impact on public...
Local voters got a first-hand look last night at some of the individuals who are vying for open positions at the state and fe...
At least two challenges of Pennsylvania's new legislative redistricting plan are in the works. People involved in the planned...
Campaign 2012 is underway and several candidates for statewide row offices will participate in a forum tonight in Altoona. Se...
The sentencing of two defendants convicted in a Pennsylvania state government corruption trial has been postponed.Dauphin Cou...
Some Democratic leaders in Pennsylvania's House of Representatives are hoping to jump-start the stalled legislative debate ov...
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett is ordering a pay freeze for top state employees, including himself. Corbett spokesman Kevi...
The importance of job creation in our country may be one of the few things on which Democrats and Republicans see eye-to-eye....
Logan Township Supervisors on Thursday used their last meeting of the year to thank outgoing tax collector Ronald DiFrango fo...
Blair County officials will hold an official swearing-in ceremony for elected officials this afternoon.All five of the county...
Operators of women's health clinics in Pennsylvania that perform abortions are bracing for new regulations that they say coul...
A bill that would redraw Pennsylvania's U.S. House Districts while trying to ensure the majority are held by Republicans is o...
A Pennsylvania bill to authorize $1.7-billion in new state borrowing is nearly law after the divided state House voted to...
A bill that would refinance Pennsylvania's unemployment compensation's multibillion-dollar debt to the federal government is ...
As lawmakers hurry to wrap up business before their holiday break, the Corbett administration issued a strong warning that fa...
The state House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on a scaled-down plan to use public money to help low-income...
Blair County’s professional and non-union workers will get a 3-percent pay increase in 2012.The salary adjustments were...
Legislation advancing in the state House would expand the options available in Pennsylvania for people to buy wine and beer, ...
Abortion-rights advocates are lashing out at a pair of Republican bills to impose new restrictions on the procedure in Pennsy...
A local political group is asking Blair County’s seven school districts to adopt a strict nepotism policy.Members of th...
The State Attorney General's Office is investigating an Altoona personal care facility.Warner's Home for the Aged, located at...
The state Department of Labor and Industry has released the latest unemployment numbers.Blair County's unemployment rate fell...
State Senate Republican leader Dominic Pileggi says he may join the crowded 2012 GOP field for U.S. Senate. In a posting on h...
A Republican proposal to change how Pennsylvania's electoral votes are counted in next year's presidential election appears t...
A familiar name in Pennsylvania politics will run for U.S. Senate in the 2012 election. Representatives close to former State...
The requirement that Pennsylvania hunters wear back tags will soon be a thing of the past. The state Senate on Tuesday passed...
Nurses at state prisons across Pennsylvania are planning informational pickets to express opposition to a proposal they say c...
Today is Veteran’s Day and one way to show your appreciation and support of veterans is to take in the annual Veteran&r...
A long-powerful Pennsylvania senator was re-sentenced Thursday to 61 months in prison in a sprawling corruption case, just ab...
Tuesday was Election Day and here are results from some key races.With the announced retirement of Donna Gority, it was assur...
We’re ready to go. That’s the word from Blair County Elections Director Ingrid Healy-Tucker, who says officials h...
All eyes will be on the race for Blair County Commissioner today. Republican incumbents Terry Tomassetti and Diane Meling are...
A new independent poll has fewer than 40 percent of Pennsylvania voters giving an excellent or good review to the jobs being ...
Blair County elections officials are gearing up for next Tuesday’s election. Elections Director Ingrid Healy-Tucker say...
A bill to impose a local impact fee on natural gas drilling and establish new state regulations on the growing industry is ge...
The jury in Pennsylvania's government corruption trial has begun its deliberations.The six-man, six-woman panel retired to th...
A former state representative and his aide who are accused of participating in a scheme to illegally spend millions in public...
Pennsylvania's Republican Senator Pat Toomey is getting a Halloween knock on the door today from members of some grassroots g...
Testimony in Pennsylvania's 5-week-old government corruption trial is over. Defense lawyers presented several final witnesses...
House Speaker Sam Smith testified at a government corruption trial that fellow House Republican caucus leaders left him out o...
State senators have begun debate on a major bill to create more opportunities for Pennsylvania public school children to atte...
The state Senate could vote as early as today on a bill that is designed to meet Governor Tom Corbett's desire to overhaul Pe...
The Pennsylvania state government's financial watchdog is calling for action to address deficient bridges and crumbling roadw...
Pennsylvanians are nearly split in their presidential campaign donations between President Barack Obama and the field of pote...
Two Pennsylvania lawmakers are reacting to the death Thursday of Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi. 9th District Co...
Former U.S. Senator Arlen Specter blames the tea party for removing moderates from the Republican Party – and he says p...
Gov. Tom Corbett signed a new law this morning giving him unprecedented power to force Pennsylvania's capital into a state-sa...
A top state senator says he plans to introduce legislation to pump another $2.5-billion a year into Pennsylvania's transp...
A few dozen protestors staged a rally outside the office of 9th District Congressman Bill Shuster on Tuesday.The gathering wa...
A bill aimed at forcing the city of Harrisburg to accept the state's recommendations on dealing with its staggering debt is h...
Former House Speaker John Perzel is scheduled to testify in Pennsylvania's government corruption trial. Officials say the Phi...
A bill to empower Pennsylvania's governor or someone he designates to take over many of the Harrisburg city government's cent...
Tim Burns, a businessman who lost two elections to Democrat U.S Representative Mark Critz last year, says he's running for th...
Local voters will get a chance tonight to learn about the candidates running for Hollidaysburg School Board.The Blair County ...
A minority of Pennsylvania legislators has signed a national anti-tax group's "no-tax pledge," and some told a news...
Governor Tom Corbett will lay out his vision today for how to fix public education's ailmentsCorbett hasn't said yet exactly ...
The former technology chief for the House Republicans says former Representative Brett Feese staged a meeting in an attempt t...
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett is not making an endorsement in the crowded field vying for the Republican Party's nominati...
A proposal to change the way Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes will be counted in next year's presidential election is gettin...
A former top aide to then-House Speaker John Perzel says Perzel once harbored hopes of being elected as Pennsylvania's govern...
It's the beginning of Week Two in Pennsylvania's government corruption trial.Prosecutors are expected to call more witnesses ...
Governor Tom Corbett will be touring a carpenters training center in Pittsburgh today, where he's also expected to discuss hi...
A replica of a Civil War-era train could be rolling through central Pennsylvania in time for the 150th anniversary of the bat...
Blair County’s seven school districts overall have met the PSSA standards for Adequate Yearly Progress.That’s acc...
As Governor Tom Corbett looks to cut spending and the size of government in Pennsylvania, he'll look to recommendations from ...
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. says he's having state police experts examine Republican state Senate ...
A pharmacist from western Pennsylvania says he'll seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania to challenge...
A bill to impose new limits on teenage drivers is on its way to the desk of Governor Tom Corbett.The state House of Represent...
The poll released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University in Connecticut also showed no clear leader in the crowded Republican fie...
A Hollidaysburg businessman has been selected to fill a vacant seat on the Frankstown Township Board of Supervisors.Superviso...
A bill that would prevent people from seeing autopsy records in the possession of county coroners is on its way for considera...
Supporters are pushing for bills to regulate abortion clinics like other freestanding outpatient surgical centers and to prev...
A former coal company owner from Armstrong County is announcing his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination in next yea...
Pennsylvania's top-ranking state senator is suggesting that privatizing state-controlled sales of liquor will be a bad deal f...
Democrats in the Pennsylvania Senate are offering a revised plan to create jobs after the state's unemployment rate rose from...
The first trial of Republicans in Pennsylvania's corruption scandal is about to get under way in a Harrisburg courtroom.Openi...
A former Republican staff member in Pennsylvania's House of Representatives is guilty of a single count of conspiracy in a st...
A tea party activist from northeastern Pennsylvania says she plans to seek the Republican nomination to challenge incumbent U...
One of Blair County’s four commissioner candidates was absent from last night’s forum in Downtown Altoona. Democr...
Three candidates for Blair County Commissioner met in Downtown Altoona Tuesday night to debate a wide-variety of issues. More...
Governor Tom Corbett is in Washington to meet with Republican members of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation about a plan...
Another Republican defendant in the state legislative corruption probe is planning to plead guilty.Dauphin County court offic...
A businessman from the Philadelphia suburbs is planning to join the crowded field seeking the Republican nomination to challe...
Governor Tom Corbett says he favors a plan to overhaul the way electoral votes are awarded to presidential candidates in Penn...
Governor Tom Corbett says he favors a plan to overhaul the way electoral votes are awarded to presidential candidates in Penn...
The Legislative Reapportionment Commission held a public hearing Wednesday at the Duquesne University School of Law.Several s...
The state Senate's Republican leader wants to shake up the way Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes will be counted next yearMaj...
Governor Tom Corbett was one of thousands of people who made the trip to Shanksville on Sunday to honor the 40 heroes killed ...
State Police are urging Pennsylvania residents to be alert as the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks approach...
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett and other officials are honoring more than 300 state troopers who've served in the U.S. arm...
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum made a campaign stop in Blair County Wednesday morning.Santorum toured the McLa...
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum will make a campaign stop in Blair County today. Santorum will tour the McLanah...
A group of unemployed workers and community members held a protest Wednesday afternoon outside the Hollidaysburg office of Re...
Altoona City Council honored seven employees Wednesday night for their recent military service in Iraq and Afghanistan. City ...
The Blair County Department of Emergency Services has announced that another township has posted a ban on open burning.
Bad news for the local workers. Blair County’s June unemployment numbers were up.State Department of Labor and Industry...
Congressman Bill Shuster has voted in favor of legislation agreed to by House and Senate leaders to prevent a default on the ...
State Representative Bill DeWeese's legal team is mounting a wide-ranging challenge to his prosecution on government corrupti...
The Corbett administration says Pennsylvania state government can operate for a while without interruption even if Congress d...
Blair County’s Human Services Development Fund has been cut nearly $94-thousand by the State Department of Public W...
Pennsylvania’s junior senator says there's a real possibility that Congress will fail to agree on how to raise the fede...
Blair County taxpayers will have to shell out millions of dollars to pay for major upgrades to the county’s 911 communi...
Pennsylvania's environmental regulators are agreeing to take more precautions before they approve certain permits for oil and...
Pennsylvania's massive transportation needs were not really part of the mix last week when lawmakers and Governor Tom Corbett...
Hundreds of local Tea Party patriots gathered in Hollidaysburg onSunday for an Independence Day picnic.Several guest speakers...
Governor Tom Corbett signed Pennsylvania’s new state budget into law Thursday night just 15 minutes before midnight.The...
Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled state legislature gave final approval on Wednesday to a $27.15 billion budget.The bu...
The Altoona Police Department will add three new officers to its force later today. City officials have scheduled a swearing-...
Blair County’s Voter Registration List is about to shrink.County elections officials said Tuesday it’s been nearl...
Pennsylvania's Republican state senators are being told by the chamber's leaders that a "tentative deal" is in plac...
Governor Tom Corbett and Republican legislative leaders closeted themselves in private meetings Wednesday in an attempt to so...
Top state Republican lawmakers are working with Governor Tom Corbett to clear up final disagreements in a state spending plan...
With less than two weeks left in the fiscal year, top Republican lawmakers hope to finalize a state spending plan that can pa...
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is considering a requirement that everyone who wants to vote must produce governmen...
A bill to widen the right to use deadly force in self-defense in Pennsylvania is on its way to Governor Tom Corbett, who's ex...
Proposed legislation would allow undocumented immigrant students to pay in-state tuition at Pennsylvania colleges if they mee...
Real school choice legislation that would help put Pennsylvania students on equal footing has been introduced in the state Ho...
A bill to keep up to 13 weeks of federal emergency jobless benefits for an estimated 45,000 Pennsylvanians is one step closer...
A Senate panel is sending to the floor a bill to impose an impact fee on natural-gas drilling in Pennsylvania. The Environmen...
A local recount in a statewide judicial election cost Blair County $4,000.Commissioner Donna Gority says the county is se...
A bill to tap into the revenue stream from Pennsylvania's natural gas drilling boom is expected to be taken up by a state Sen...
Pennsylvania environmental groups have signed a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, urging her to reject a proposed...
State House Republicans are advancing a bill designed to prevent thousands of Pennsylvanians from losing jobless benefits, bu...
More than 200 people rallied in the Pennsylvania Capitol for tougher environmental protection — if not an outright ban ...
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum plunged into the 2012 Republican presidential sweepstakes Monday, saying he wants t...
Retired military leaders are asking Pennsylvania lawmakers to reject proposed cuts in state aid for early childhood education...
Pennsylvania state government had another good revenue collection month in May, and is heading into the final month of the fi...
Two more Blair County support programs could be eliminated because of proposed state budget cuts in Harrisburg. County leader...
Blair County’s elections officials will begin recounting thousands of ballots this morning in a tightly contested state...
Former Senator Rick Santorum is planning to kick off his presidential campaign next month in western Pennsylvania coal fields...
A ballot recount appears likely in a close race for the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court. Although...
Pennsylvania House Democrats weren't able to overcome raw numbers in an effort to force consideration of a proposal to tax dr...
A Republican-sponsored bill to overhaul Pennsylvania's unemployment compensation system is stalled in the state House of Repr...
The Pennsylvania House Republicans' $27.3-billion state budget bill is a vote away from passage.The House voted 110-89 on...
Voter turnout was extremely light throughout much of Blair County on Tuesday. Unofficial elections numbers show that 19.1-per...
Altoona Area School Board President James Walstrom and longtime board member Margaret Hendricks were ousted from their positi...
The Blair County Commissioner’s race is set for this fall.Republican incumbents Terry Tomassetti and Diane Meling will ...
Four out of the five Hollidaysburg Area School Board candidates who dubbed themselves as “tax payer-friendly” won...
Blair Township Supervisor Arlene Bush has lost her bid for re-election.Challenger Richard Lasek easily defeated the incumbent...
It’s Election Day today in Blair County and all across the state. Polling stations open at 7:00AM and remain open throu...
Governor Tom Corbett's doctors say he's resting comfortably after successful back surgery at a Pittsburgh hospital. The surge...
More than two dozen voters got a change to hear directly from the three Republican candidates for Blair County Commissioner d...
Voting along party lines, the state House Appropriations Committee has stamped its approval on a House Republican budget plan...
The Blair County Republican Women will hold an event tonight to give Republican voters a chance to meet and hear from their c...
A bill that would make it easier for Pennsylvania's public school districts to lay off teachers has the state Senate's approv...
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The Blair County Commissioners adopted a new firearms and training policy Tuesday for the county’s sheriff’s depa...
Pennsylvania's state House Republican majority is unveiling more details of a counterproposal to Governor Tom Corbett's budge...
A measure to hold Pennsylvania abortion clinics to the same regulations as freestanding surgical centers is closer to a final...
State officials have allocated the $612-million in gambling proceeds that will be used to lower property taxes for Pennsy...
A local group is sponsoring a Blair Township Supervisor’s candidate night next Monday. Two names will appear on the Rep...
Some candidates for Blair County Commissioner attended a question and answer forum at Penn State Altoona Monday night. Modera...
The Blair County Tea Party will host an Altoona Area School Board candidate forum on Tuesday, April 26, at 7:00 p.m. at the B...
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