Harrisburg

Pennsylvania’s State Capitol could be a crucial venue if the upcoming election leads to worsening political divisions in the most pivotal of swing states. The state capitol is the place where some of the first protests erupted in 2020 supporting Donald Trump’s lies of a stolen election. Grace United Methodist Church is located just steps from the landmark building. Fear...

Pennsylvania lawmakers have passed a budget deal that took nearly two weeks into the new fiscal year to reach. The $47.6 billion plan approved Thursday represents a 6% increase. Most of the new money is going toward public schools and human services to boost pay for direct care workers. The votes in the Republican-controlled Senate and Democratic-controlled House came within...

Philadelphia city leaders made an urgent plea to state lawmakers to close the school district’s nearly $1 and a half billion education funding gap. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle explains. 

Months after the fiery collapse of Interstate 95 in Northeast Philadelphia, the emergency status that allows for streamlined repairs continues.

More than 100 people protesting the Pennsylvania state government’s investments in Israel were taken into custody in the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg. The protest of the state Treasury Department’s investments in Israel bonds occurred Monday. Police say 126 people were taken into custody, issued citations for trespassing and released. Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity, a Republican, says state treasurers of both...

More than 100 people protesting the Pennsylvania state government’s investments in Israel were taken into custody in the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg. The protest of the state Treasury Department’s investments in Israel bonds occurred Monday.

The poor schools that won a landmark school funding court case in Pennsylvania last year are prepared to go back to court if the Legislature and governor don’t adequately address shortfalls in the coming months.

Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives is defeating legislation to send $33 million to the University of Pennsylvania’s veterinary school. That’s after the school’s president resigned amid criticism that it has tolerated antisemitism. The legislation on Wednesday night failed after the House Republican floor leader said the university must make it clear that it opposes antisemitism. Penn’s president Liz Magill resigned Saturday...

Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives shot down legislation to send $33 million to the University of Pennsylvania’s veterinary school. That’s after the school’s president resigned amid criticism that it has tolerated antisemitism. The funding is an annual appropriation that normally draws strong bipartisan support.

Taylor Swift is adding one more accolade to her list of accomplishments this year: a resolution recognizing 2023 as the Taylor Swift era in her home state of Pennsylvania. The resolution passed the state House of Representatives on Wednesday. Lawmakers approved the resolution on Swift’s 34th birthday.

School funding is an unresolved area of contention as the Pennsylvania House and Senate returned to end-of-year session.

NBC10’s Matt DeLucia reports from Northeast Philadelphia as northbound traffic on Interstate 95 moves from the temporary lanes to new permanent lanes Tuesday morning.

An effort to move Pennsylvania’s presidential primary next year bred new disagreements in the Legislature on Tuesday, as members of a House committee rejected a bill favored by the Senate. Instead, the committee approved a bill to move the current primary date up three weeks, from April 23 to April 2.

Majority control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives will once again come down to a special election. Republican voters face a strongly Democratic lean in a Pittsburgh district to flip power back to their caucus on Sept. 19. Democrat Lindsay Powell and Republican Erin Connolly Autenreith will go up against each other for the Allegheny County seat. They are vying...

A court’s ruling earlier this year that the way Pennsylvania funds public schools is unconstitutional helped make education spending one of the thorniest issues in state budget negotiations. The state government is approaching a second week without full spending authority.

The fire at the Broad Street Market in Harrisburg was reported around 1 a.m. Monday but was brought under control a short time later. The site housed a stone building and a brick building that had stood for about 145 years.

Authorities say an electrical malfunction in a ceiling fan sparked a fast-moving fire that severely damaged an historic market building in Pennsylvania’s capital city. But no injuries were reported. The fire at the Broad Street Market in Harrisburg was reported around 1 a.m. Monday but was brought under control a short time later. The site housed a stone building and...

Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro called on the Republican-controlled Senate to return to the Pennsylvania Capitol to finalize a state spending plan. The state government is nearing a week without full spending authority. On Thursday, the governor disputed Republicans’ accusations that he went back on his word about the $45 billion spending plan.

Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro is backing off his insistence on money for a new private-school funding program, giving Pennsylvania’s Democratic-controlled House the opening to pass a new state spending plan after a days-long stalemate. The chamber on Wednesday night approved the main bill in a $45 billion spending plan, 117-86.n.

Gov. Josh Shapiro is trying to wrap up his first budget by Saturday’s start of the new fiscal year, as the Democrat works to balance Pennsylvania’s politically divided Legislature.