Alexa Woronowicz

September 25, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Senate Communications and Technology Committee unanimously approved bipartisan legislation that would take a major step to protect minors and empower parents, according to the bill's sponsors, Sens. Vincent Hughes, D-Philadelphia/Montgomery, and Kristin Phillips-Hill, R-York.

By Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus

2 minute read

September 18, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Democratic state lawmaker Jared Solomon said Sept. 12 that he will run in next year's election for Pennsylvania attorney general, an office that has played a big role in fighting drug trafficking, suing opioid makers and defending the battleground state's 2020 presidential election.

By The Associated Press

3 minute read

September 05, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Senate reconvened Aug. 30 for an unusual August session mired in a two-month budget stalemate with the Democratic-controlled House.

By The Associated Press

2 minute read

August 28, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Members of two large Pennsylvania state employee unions this month ratified proposed four-year contracts with Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration, with the cost of salaries and benefits projected to rise by more than 20%.

By The Associated Press

2 minute read

August 21, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Two state senators are teaming up to introduce a proposed constitutional amendment to clarify the Senate of Pennsylvania's role to advise and consent to nominations made by the state's chief executive.

By Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus

2 minute read

August 14, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Senate Aging and Youth Committee, chaired by state Sen. Judy Ward, R-Blair, and Sen. Maria Collett, D-Montgomery, held a hearing Aug. 8 to gather information about the critical roles played by children's advocacy centers across Pennsylvania.

By Pennsylvania Senate Republicans

3 minute read

August 07, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, on July 28 introduced legislation to establish Pennsylvania's first statewide registry of persons found to be substantiated perpetrators of abuse, neglect, abandonment or exploitation of senior citizens.

By Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus

2 minute read

July 31, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

"We recognize the perspective of the court and appreciate the necessity for educational opportunities for all children throughout the commonwealth. This ruling provides an opportunity for meaningful changes to move Pennsylvania's education system into the 21st century," Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward, R-Westmoreland, and Majority Leader Joe Pittman, R-Armstrong, said in a statement.

By Pennsylvania Republican and Democratic caucuses

3 minute read

July 24, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway holding that a plaintiff whose cause of action did not arise in Pennsylvania could sue a corporate entity that did not have Pennsylvania citizenship in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas unsettles decades of personal jurisdiction jurisprudence.

By Andrea M. Kirshenbaum

7 minute read

July 24, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Democratic lawmaker from Pittsburgh resigned July 19 from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, moving the razor-thin majority her party has held this year to a partisan tie with the Legislature mired in a budget stalemate.

By The Associated Press

3 minute read