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Democrats sounded alarm bells about what the ruling could mean, Republicans handled the ruling more gingerly.

Pennsylvania dance teachers say the state’s certification process for their field needs to be streamlined.

Every year in the Pennsylvania state legislature, thousands of bills quietly die. Bills are brought up by majority leaders. When a bill is referred to a committee, the committee chair, often with the majority leader’s input, can ignore it if they don’t like it.

Pennsylvania Republicans advanced a bill targeting trans athletes and they have no idea how many trans girls play sports in Pennsylvania.

A long-awaited transparency bill that would make legislative expenses accessible online for easy public viewing unanimously cleared a key Pennslyvania House of Representatives panel Tuesday.

In eight cases that began in 2021, or continued to be billed that year, the House and Senate wholly blacked out the reasons for hiring the private law firm, records obtained through a Right-to-Know request show

Voting and election-related legislation will be amongst the proposals getting top billing when Pennsylvania lawmakers return to session.

As they reconvene on Monday, state lawmakers are expected to focus on redistricting, re-upping a flood disaster declaration, and restricting emergency powers of Gov. Tom Wolf’s cabinet secretaries.

Rep. Bryan Cutler is the latest of more than a dozen lawmakers who have contracted the virus throughout the course of the pandemic.

“I think the time is ripe for some serious self-reflection in the General Assembly that will give us momentum this time.”