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PA preempts local governments from passing or enforcing gun statutes stricter than those allowed by the legislature.

Pennsylvania is one of 42 states with a law that preempts local governments from passing or enforcing gun statutes stricter ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has dealt a blow to Philadelphia and other municipalities’ efforts to pass stricter gun laws, ...

After a decade in the role, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Family Division Administrative Judge Margaret T. Murphy will ...

Donald Trump, Hunter Biden, and Elon Musk were among just some of the well-known figures ordered to court in 2024.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday secured the confirmation of three more nominees to serve as trial court judges as Senate Democrats push ahead with filling numerous judicial vacancies before Republican ...

Pennsylvania state lawmakers, judges and top executive branch officials will get a heftier salary increase in 2025 than the ...

Now, at the age of 27, his civil rights lawsuit against those troopers is coming to trial at a federal court in Pittsburgh.

John J. Dougherty and George E. Norcross III were each at the peak of their power in 2016. But the two power brokers shared ...