Jaxon White | WITF

Pennsylvania’s Constitution requires state Supreme Court justices to run in partisan elections to win a seat. Then they are subject to a retention vote every 10 years. State supreme court elections used to be quiet affairs, but this year's retention race has become the focus of intensely partisan attention.

Gov. Josh Shapiro joins Democrats' lawsuit for emergency SNAP funds amid government shutdown.

The clock is ticking for Congress to extend enhanced health care tax credits slated to expire this year for more than 100,000 enrollees in Pennsylvania.

Nearly 2 million Pennsylvanians who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will not receive their November payments due to Congress' failure to enact a federal budget.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said his office will launch a pilot program in Columbia, Montour, Snyder and Union counties aiding people with mental illness who commit minor crimes by connecting them with treatment without fear of facing criminal charges. It follows similar state efforts for people who suffer from substance abuse disorder.

Paychecks for more than 100,000 government employees in Pennsylvania are on the line as Congress approaches the midnight Tuesday deadline to pass a federal spending plan.

Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity received the endorsement of the Pennsylvania GOP on Sept. 20, during the party's fall meeting in State College.

Attorney General Dave Sunday is planning a new program urging law enforcement to refer people with mental illness who commit minor crimes to treatment, rather than putting them behind bars.

House Democrats in Harrisburg passed a mass transit funding bill on Monday; Senate Republicans, despite scheduling a voting session Tuesday, have not backed the proposal.