Judicial reform advocates in Pennsylvania rallying behind a potential change in the state constitution that would alter the way judges are selected will have to wait a little while longer for action after a state House committee recently postponed a vote on a merit selection bill.
Pennsylvania’s top law enforcer has announced that the commonwealth has joined 40 other state attorneys general in support of federal legislation that would give generic drug makers the same ability to correct label warnings as their brand-name counterparts.
A Chester County, Pa. couple is suing their home municipality and the township’s zoning officer in federal court, contending a local ordinance that limits the number of political signs they can display on their property is unconstitutional.
A state senator from western Pennsylvania, who is the sister of a state Supreme Court justice, was convicted Monday of political corruption charges, local media has reported.
Less than 24 hours after the new Voter ID law passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and was signed by Gov. Tom Corbett, the American Liberties Union of Pennsylvania announced it is preparing to challenge the measure in court.
A federal judge in Philadelphia has ruled that state legislative district boundaries that were drawn up in 2001 can be used as the election season moves forward.
Three Latino voters have filed a federal lawsuit against the secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission seeking a court order to ensure the defendants will enact a new legislative redistricting plan in time for the upcoming election season.
In an unprecedented move, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Wednesday struck down as unconstitutional a legislative redistricting plan that had caused a bipartisan uproar, with Democrats accusing Republicans, who control both legislative chambers, of cutting up districts to suit their own political agendas.
The outcome of Jerry Sandusky’s highly anticipated criminal trial, which is expected to take place sometime late next year, could very well hinge on a little known provision in Pennsylvania law.
Former U.S. Inspector General Glenn Fine, who spent his youth in the Philadelphia suburbs, is leaving government work and heading into private industry.
Pennsylvanians who find themselves involved in justified self-defense shootings will no longer face civil lawsuits if a bill that sailed through the state senate this week becomes law.