The Pennsylvania Senate spent Tuesday discussing the unfinished state budget and a potential stopgap measure, which could affect essential services like schools as the new academic year approaches.

More than six weeks past the state budget deadline, the Republican-led Senate returned to Harrisburg Tuesday afternoon to pass its own spending proposal — one that stands little chance in the ...

A newly approved state budget is set to bring notable funding boosts to several school districts in Carbon, Luzerne, and Schuylkill counties.

PA lawmakers approved a second year of supplements targeting districts that fall short of adequate per-student spending benchmarks.

Declaring that Pennsylvania’s school children “are not bargaining chips” in a political contest, the head of the state’s largest teachers union on Tuesday blamed the Senate’s top leader for delaying ...

US LIVE FROM THE CAPITOL WITH MORE BAYLEE. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE SENATE JUST RECONVENED MOMENTS AGO TO DISCUSS AND POTENTIALLY VOTE ON A BUDGET BILL. NOW THEY ARE OVERALL TONIGHT DISCUSSING THE FACT ...

The state House scheduled a voting session for Wednesday morning, and the Senate announced Tuesday that the chamber would return to session later that day, suggesting that budget legislation could be ...

HARRISBURG — Members of the state Senate Education Committee on Tuesday signaled they’ve largely made up their minds about the need to restrict access to cell phones in K-12 classrooms. All that ...

The party line vote came on the 113th day after the June 30 deadline. Democrats criticized the plan as “unserious” and a ...