U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker on Friday announced his committee assignments for the 118th Congress, which started this month under a Republican majority for the first time since the end of 2018.
Democrat Josh Shapiro was sworn in as Pennsylvania's 48th governor on Tuesday during a ceremony outside the Capitol in Harrisburg. The following is the text of his remarks as prepared for delivery:
HARRISBURG — For nearly two months, a team of advisers has been working to ensure Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro has a smooth transition from attorney general to head of the nation’s fifth-most populous state.
HARRISBURG — Good-government advocates and voting experts say Pennsylvania should change a recount law that was weaponized by activists and delayed the state’s certification by several weeks.
Democrat Alice Yoder kicked of her campaign for Lancaster County commissioner Thursday night at Appalachian Brewing Co. in Lititz. The event featured motivational speeches from some of the county’s top Democratic brass, including current Commissioner John Trescot and Lancaster city Mayor Dan…
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker was passed over this week for the chairmanship of the House Budget Committee, a panel with important influence over the federal government’s overall spending.
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s closely divided state House has recessed indefinitely, throwing the chamber’s agenda, including a number of far-reaching constitutional amendments, into limbo.
More than two years after the last ballot was cast in the 2020 election, Lycoming County plans to recount all presidential votes by hand — an extraordinary step no other Pennsylvania county has taken.
HARRISBURG — In likely one of his last acts in office, Gov. Tom Wolf has asked the Pennsylvania legislature to gather for a special session Monday to pass a constitutional amendment allowing adult victims of childhood sexual abuse to sue the perpetrators.
Three Lancaster County legislators elected from both parties agree on at least one thing: State Rep. Mark Rozzi of Berks County will ably serve as Speaker of Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives.
State Rep. Izzy Smith-Wade-El on Wednesday was appointed treasurer of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus for his first two-year term in the state House.
The small group of Republicans who have blocked California’s Kevin McCarthy from becoming the next Speaker of the U.S. House are preventing the majority party from doing what the American people elected them to do in November, according to Congressman Lloyd Smucker, whose 11th District inclu…
For decades, pedestrians and motorists on Harrisburg’s West Shore have likely seen the running man. Rain or shine, he pounds the pavement, often bare chested.
Mike Miller, an Ephrata Township resident who ran an unsuccessful 2022 primary race for a state Senate seat, is suing Lancaster County over restrictions the county is placing on how he can view mail-in ballots from the May primary.