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Legislative leaders moved closer yesterday to resolving a key dispute holding up the long-awaited bill to legalize poker and other table games at Pennsylvania casinos and plug a $250 million hole in the state budget.

York's Bureau of Permits and Health Licensing recently inspected eight businesses.

Pennsylvania faces tougher anti-pollution regulations as part of a new federal mandate to clean up the Chesapeake Bay.

Crews continue to make progress on the construction of the Elk Country Visitor Center in Benezette and the Center is expected to open sometime in the summer of 2010.

People filing unemployment claims might have more success using a phone as the state works to overcome technical difficulties with its online system.

Progress in replacing two bridges on the same road near the Bethlehem-Hellertown border is at a standstill as government officials work to find funding.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said it has made progress on the Marshalls Creek traffic congestion relief project.

Governor Rendell is renewing his call for action on legislation that would authorize table games at Pennsylvania casinos.

Kanjorski delivers $150K to help with repairs, but building executive says operating revenues down 30 percent.

Motorists who travel Interstate 83 in Dauphin County overnight Tuesday can expect lane restrictions, detours, and temporary ramp closures.

Progress in the past, issues of the present and problems down the road were the topics of discussion for the Warren County Commissioners on Friday morning.

Key sticking points - natural gas drilling on state lands, table games in casinos, and a welfare bill - continued to hold up Pennsylvania's state budget on Wednesday, the eve of the 100th day since the state's fiscal year began without a full spending plan.

An agreement may be close at hand, lawmakers say. As he hustled in and out of meetings Tuesday, Rick Taylor hedged his bets.

Lane restrictions, temporary ramp closures and detours are in store tonight for motorists using Interstate 83 in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County.

President Obama used his weekly address Saturday to recap the events of this week's G20 Summit in Pittsburgh , telling American citizens that he and the rest of the world's leaders reemphasized a commitment to economic, financial, and political unity during the conference -- and that the world would unite against policy violators like Iran and ...

This time, Keystone reported the most progress and the most top scores among Clarion County school districts for the 2008-09 school year.

Legislative leaders and senior administration aides were negotiating late tonight, trying to put the finishing touches on a budget compromise to end a 78-day standoff.

Two people are facing charges after they were involved in a physical altercation while driving on Interstate 83 in Lower Paxton Township.

While many freshmen were sitting in proseminars in classrooms around campus, a small group met at the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center to take a slightly unordinary tour of Philadelphia.

More Lancaster County students met state academic standards in 2008-09 than in the previous year, according to the state Department of Education, which this week released schools' PSSA scores.