Shapiro said he’s open to Republican’s proposal to use public transportation trust fund money to shore up transit authorities, if it’s paired with long-term funding.
SEPTA has said its cuts this week amount to a 20% across-the-board service reduction to deal with a deficit of more than $200 million. Pittsburgh Regional Transit is considering a 35% service reduction to help close what it calls a roughly $100 million deficit this year.
Gun owners who want a license to carry a concealed firearm in Pennsylvania would be able to apply at the nearest county sheriff’s office, regardless of whether they live in that county, under legislation proposed in the state House.
Without a budget deal, SEPTA cut services across all buses, subways, and trolleys by 20% starting on Sunday.
The Benedictine Sisters of Erie received an award for political courage after they pushed back on baseless claims of voter fraud by a conservative organization weeks before the 2024 election.
After a string of high-profile incidents of political violence, along with an uptick in threats and harassment of elected leaders around the country, a group of Pennsylvania lawmakers announced they plan to introduce a series of bills intended to help keep legislators safe, and ensure seats are filled immediately in the event one is killed.
The current West Nile virus risk in the state is “very high,” according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, with mosquitoes testing positive for the disease in all but 10 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
President Donald Trump is trying to ban mail-in voting, but Gov. Josh Shapiro says that won’t happen in Pennsylvania.
Republican US Rep. Rob Bresnahan promised constituents he wouldn’t trade stocks or cut Medicaid. Then he got donations from 20 billionaires to do just that.
Rep. Brendan Boyle said the national passenger rail agency would lose $71 million if transit funding crisis persists
