Politics

It had been a running gag in Lancaster County politics these past few months that maybe county Commissioner Chairman Josh Parsons would flub the 36th Senate District race.

Republicans in the Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday advanced a bill that would restrict the participation of transgender student athletes in sports, setting up a vote before the full Senate.

UPDATE: Republican Josh Parsons concedes Democrat James Malone in 36th Senate race

UPDATE: Democrat James Malone narrowly edges Republican Josh Parsons in 36th Senate race; some votes still to be counted

Voters in northern Lancaster County’s 36th Senate District will choose one of three candidates in Tuesday’s special election to be their next state senator until 2026.

Are Republicans actually worried about Tuesday’s special election in the bright red 36th Senate District?

U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick toured Tec Centro’s newest facility on Laurel Street on Friday morning, as the group marks 10 years of vocational training in Lancaster city.

State Rep. Izzy Smith-Wade-El plans to reintroduce legislation creating an “Office of New Pennsylvanians” to attract, retain and “embrace” immigrants statewide.

Dairy farmers nationwide are bracing for the economic fallout of President Donald Trump’s trade war with Mexico, Canada and China — the three leading buyers of U.S. dairy products.

The future of water pollution regulation in Pennsylvania is murky following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority.

A Pennsylvania House committee approved a consumer data privacy bill Tuesday that would set rules for how companies collect, store and sell individualized information from people’s online activities. 

Republicans in Lancaster County’s second-most-populated municipality will likely lose two deep-pocketed donors in this year’s election, one in which the party’s majority on the board of commissioners is vulnerable and the terms of its three incumbent school board members expire.

Clarification: This story was updated on March 18 at 8:45 p.m. to clarify the affiliation of two political action committees that contributed to Josh Parsons' campaign. 

State Rep. Tom Jones was in the hot seat Thursday morning as dozens of Democrats attended his monthly constituent event to question his offering of a free class on U.S. history taught by Christian nationalist instructors.

The Pennsylvania Board of Education on Thursday unanimously rejected an application from a Christian organization seeking to become an official accreditation agency for private schools in the commonwealth. The move came after some lawmakers and officials said the group’s policy on “Biblical …

Key Republicans are questioning whether an “adequacy” supplement targeted at underfunded schools is inherently unfair.