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Rep. Lloyd K. Smucker, the favorite to become the next top Republican on the House Budget Committee, is eyeing a second ...

A new analysis found Pennsylvania, which signed on to use IRS Direct File stood to save about $747 million annually before ...

Luzerne County’s Nov. 4 general election was officially put to rest Monday with the Election Board’s certification of the results.

The Chicago Teachers Union is facing a federal probe over allegations of missing audits. The U.S. House Committee on ...

Two months into Pennsylvania’s budget stalemate, Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman (R) said his caucus would be open to a $49 billion plan to end the ...