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A House committee chair is looking for final action next session on two-dozen health care bills in a Democratic-controlled statehouse. #pahouse #pagov #papolitics pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/heal…

House Democrats achieved their largest caucus size since the 1970s following significant electoral victories. #pagov #pahouse #papolitics pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/elec…

Senators promise to prioritize doubling the state minimum wage during the next legislative session. #pasenate #pagov pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/elec…

The Democrats’ capture of the Senate is the capstone giving the party full control of Pennsylvania’s state government starting in January. #pasenate #papolitics #pagov pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/legi…

.@GovernorShapiro and Democratic legislative leaders said they intend to use their new trifecta to “govern responsibly” while pledging to tackle a variety of priorities that have been languishing in Harrisburg. #pagov #papoli pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/legi…

Democrats gained control of the Pennsylvania Senate for the first time in thirty years following Tuesday's election. #pagov #papoli #pasenate #papolitics pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/elec…

.@GovernorShapiro won a second term as Pennsylvania governor Tuesday. pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/elec…

Pennsylvania launched its heating assistance program for the winter season Monday amidst high energy costs for some consumers. #pagov #papolitics pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/ener…

From raising the state’s long-stalled minimum wage to expanding gambling or legalizing adult recreational marijuana, the results from Tuesday’s election could have drastic implications for the business community in Pennsylvania. #pagov #papoli pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/elec…

Demographic trends that have shaped Pennsylvania for some time are expected to continue during the next decade, according to a new report from the state Independent Fiscal Office. #pagov #papolitics pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/soci…

Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan and Democratic challenger Paige Cognetti faced off Thursday night in a debate in Luzerne County, discussing issues central to Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District. #papoli #pagov pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/elec…

Pennsylvania’s system of state parks generated more than $16 for every tax dollar spent to operate them, according to a new analysis by Penn State researchers released Thursday by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. #pagov pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/econ…

A building at Pennsylvania State University’s branch campus at Dubois will be transformed into a regional manufacturing hub for north central Pennsylvania with help from a federal grant. #pagov #papolitics pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/econ…

Families of incarcerated people will once again have access to affordable bus transportation to visit their loved ones, following a $600,000 state investment in the Pennsylvania Prison Society’s transportation program. #pagov pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/civi…

Pennsylvania’s eligible teen voters are not registering to vote, and even fewer are heading to the polls. #pagov #papoli pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/elec…

A statewide bell-to-bell ban on cellphone use in schools is now Pennsylvania law after @GovernorShapiro signed the legislation Monday. pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/educ…

A Republican senator is drafting legislation to levy a state impact fee on data centers, similar to one levied on thousands of Marcellus Shale natural gas wells. pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/ener…

Pennsylvania is extending prevailing wage benefits to some off-site custom fabrication workers, a move advocates say closes a loophole that allowed companies to cut costs on worker pay. #pagov #papoli pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/econ…

Bipartisan legislation requiring people convicted of offenses involving child victims to help fund Pennsylvania’s children’s advocacy centers became law Thursday. #pagov #papoli pro.stateaffairs.com/pa/just…