Details of a compromise bill to ban smoking in most public places and workplaces in Pennsylvania, passed Tuesday by a legislative conference committee:
BANS SMOKING ...
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House, Senate set for vote
HARRISBURG — Legislative negotiators endorsed a compromise bill Tuesday that would greatly limit where smokers can light up in Pennsylvania, en...
SHANKSVILLE — A crane used in coal mining at the southwestern Pennsylvania site where United Flight 93 crashed will be melted down and used to build a Navy ship.
The shi...
PHILADELPHIA — A handsome, athletic Ivy League graduate admitted in court Monday that he and a girlfriend stole the identities of friends, co-workers and neighbors to fi...
Officials get jump start on major issues
HARRISBURG — With the memory of last year's drawn-out budget fight still fresh, Gov. Ed Rendell and state legislative leaders kic...
HARRISBURG — Hundreds of people jammed the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg to press for an elimination of school property taxes.
The raucous "Save Our Homes" rally Monday...
MONROEVILLE — A pet store will pay $1,000 to anyone who returns a 14-week-old stolen English bulldog puppy.
Petland's owner Clay Slivko says the puppy was stolen sometim...
PITTSBURGH — A 60-foot-tall pier on Pittsburgh's Birmingham Bridge will be replaced at a cost of some $5 million.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation says the ...
