Gov. orders flags half-staff to honor Pennsylvania lawmaker who died of brain cancer
Sen. Dave Arnold, R-Lebanon, died peacefully at home with his wife and daughter by his side, his family and staff said in a statement distributed by the Senate Republican press office.
Pennsylvania house panel to vote GOP-backed plan to elect judges by zone
Proposed changes to the Pennsylvania Constitution to temporarily permit lawsuits over child sexual abuse that occurred many years ago and to elect state appeals court judges by zone rather than statewide will be taken up Wednesday by a state House committee.
Republican loses bid to undo Pennsylvania Senate election
A Republican candidate for a western Pennsylvania state Senate seat lost her latest legal challenge Tuesday after asking a federal judge to effectively overturn a close race she lost to the Democratic incumbent.
Early warning signs emerge for GOP after US Capitol riots
Hundreds of Pennsylvania Republicans opting to change their party registration has offered an early sign of the volatility ahead for the GOP as the party braces for the political fallout of the riots at the Capitol.
Congresswoman photographed lying on House gallery floor speaks out
Rep. Susan Wild, of Pennsylvania, shares the harrowing details of living through the siege at the Capitol as a riotous mob invaded the building.
Skirmish breaks out on House floor during debate over objections to Pa. electoral votes
A small group of House lawmakers came close to physically fighting early Thursday morning as the congressional count of electoral votes stretched into the wee hours and a Pennsylvania Democrat charged that Republicans had been telling "lies" about his state's votes.
8 Pa. House GOP members to oppose Biden's electoral votes
As one of six states that flipped from Trump in 2016 to Biden in 2020, Pennsylvania could have a spotlight on it during debate over the Electoral College vote.
More Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers protest Electoral College
Leaders of Pennsylvania's state Senate Republican majority are asking Republicans in Congress to delay the certification of the Electoral College.
Fight over Senate election mars start of legislative session
Pennsylvania lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Tuesday to be sworn in for the two-year legislative term. The Senate quickly dissolved into chaos.
Pennsylvania GOP house member Mike Reese dies following apparent brain aneurysm
Rep. Mike Reese, R-Westmoreland/Somerset, “died peacefully with his family by his side Saturday afternoon at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg following an apparent brain aneurysm,” Rep. Kerry Benninghoff, the Majority Leader, said in a statement.
Toomey scolds GOP effort to "disenfranchise millions of voters," will defend election results
Republican Senator Pat Toomey on Saturday scolded fellow party members' attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election and said he will battle the "effort to disenfranchise millions of voters in my state and others.”
Presidential election hostilities could fuel fight over courts
The angst, anger and hostility over Pennsylvania’s presidential election result will flow past New Year’s Day.
White House invites GOP lawmakers in Pennsylvania to lunch
The invitation arrived about a month after Republican state lawmakers from Pennsylvania held a public hearing in Gettysburg to discuss efforts to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
Pennsylvania casts 20 electoral votes for Joe Biden
Pennsylvania has cast its 20 electoral votes for Democrat Joe Biden.
Pennsylvania accuses Texas of seeking 'to decimate the electorate'
Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin and Michigan Thursday filed briefs in response to the Texas case seeking to bar their presidential electors from voting.
Some Dems want maskless House GOP lawmakers sworn in last
A group of Democrats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives wants their adamantly maskless Republican colleagues to be sworn in next month after everyone else.
Trump election dispute puts Republicans into contradictions
Republican judge after Republican judge has thrown out sweeping efforts to reverse the certification of Biden's victory in Pennsylvania's election.
Supreme Court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden's Pennsylvania win
The Supreme Court has rejected Republicans' last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania's certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the electoral battleground.
Texas sues 4 states claiming unconstitutional voting changes
Ken Paxton has sued battleground states Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin to challenge their 2020 presidential election results.
Trump campaign loses another round in Pennsylvania's courts
President Donald Trump’s campaign has lost another round in a flurry of Republican lawsuits over Pennsylvania’s election.