HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House and Senate approved a nearly $50.1 billion state budget Wednesday, part of a breakthrough deal, as the state’s four-month-long budget stalemate nears an end. The ...

Pennsylvania has the largest full-time state legislature in the country, with 253 well-compensated state representatives and senators. Yet it has been unable to fulfill one of its primary missions: ...

For more than 100 days, Pennsylvania’s Capitol has stood as both a symbol of government and a reminder of gridlock. The Commonwealth is now 107 days into a budget impasse, leaving schools, counties ...