Lisa Baker

Senate Bill 1284, which now heads to the House, is named for Kyle Gilmartin, the Scranton Police Department detective who survived being shot twice in the head in 2024. It would increase penalties for attempted murder of law enforcement officers.

Senate Bill 1284, which now heads to the House, is named for Kyle Gilmartin, the Scranton Police Department detective who survived being shot twice in the head in 2024.

State Senator Lisa Baker, from Luzerne County, has introduced a bill that would increase penalties for people who attempt to murder law enforcement officers. And a data center campus proposed in Archbald is kicked off a state permit program.

Baker was 'stunned' to learn the men responsible for an ambush on Scranton Police Det. Kyle Gilmartin could have faced as little as seven years in prison.

The Senate Majority Policy Committee, chaired by state Sen. Dave Argall (R-Schuylkill County), convened a public hearing at Benco Dental in Luzerne County to discuss dental workforce shortages and their impact on the state's health.

Pike is Pennsylvania’s only county without its own hospital or immediate care center. That’s going to change in 2026.

The Wyoming Valley Challenger baseball team, which played at the Little League World Series in August, received statewide recognition this week. State leaders welcomed the team to the floors of the House and Senate and the governor's office.

Historically underfunded districts receive the vast majority of new state education funding. Leaders of small, rural districts want Pennsylvania to examine the funding formula and seek cyber charter school reform.

A bill making its way through the Pennsylvania State House would stock marijuana in state-run stores.

'If our communities aren't safe then nothing else matters,' Sunday tells reporters following wide-ranging talk with DA Sanguedolce, elected officials.