Pennsylvania's top state senator, Joe Scarnati, says the most critical issue facing lawmakers is cleaning up after the numerous Harrisburg scandals that have eroded public confidence. "Without out ...

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Control of Allegheny County’s Port Authority (PAT) board could be at risk as a bill moves through the state Senate. Legislation in the Pennsylvania Senate would diminish the power of the county ...

The commission informed senators on Wednesday it has decided to no longer use the services of a lobbying firm headed by former Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati. Scarnati retired from his ...

You can’t always get what you want in the state Capitol. But if you do, it’s all right to claim the high ground afterward. Gov. Corbett is expected to announce Wednesday afternoon his plan to ...

Calling it a way to “stop the bleeding” in the state’s public pension systems, Pennsylvania Senate President Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson) says he would support a proposal to move all new hires into a ...

Money talks in politics, but sometimes not loudly enough. In March, the political action committee for the union representing employees at Pennsylvania’s state-owned wine and spirits stores cut a ...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s highest-ranking state senator said Monday he thinks an agreement on a sweeping bill to impose a fee on the booming natural gas drilling industry can be finished in a week, ...