The Department of State began Pennsylvania's statewide risk-limiting audit (RLA) of this month's municipal election on Friday ...

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

Pennsylvania faces federal funding cut after Uzbek terror suspect caught with state-issued commercial driver license, sparking safety audit of CDL system.

The Trump administration has threatened to withhold nearly $75 million in funding if Pennsylvania does not immediately revoke ...

WHEN HE TAKES OFFICE. THE RACE IS OVER AND PITTSBURGHERS HAVE CHOSEN THEIR NEXT MAYOR. THANKS FOR JOINING US ON YOUR ELECTION NIGHT AT 11:00. I’M KRISTEN POWERS AND I’M MIKE CLARK. PITTSBURGHERS ...

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

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

A group of Fayette County residents have asked for a judicial audit of campaign finance filings by county Recorder of Deeds Jon Marietta, alleging he left thousands of dollars in donations unreported ...

To determine who wins the city council seat, the County Board of Elections is following the state election code which ...

Penn voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates on Nov. 4 as the party made gains in elections nationwide. On Election Day, 2,126 ballots were cast across four primary polling locations on Penn’s ...

POULTRY POLITICS: What’s typically a feather-light White House tradition turned into something closer to a Chicago crime ...