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The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the highest court in the state and the oldest appellate court in the nation, dating back to 1684. Comprised of seven justices, the court is responsible for ...

In first ruling of its kind, Erie-based U.S. District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter said in Nov. that mail-in ballots without accurate handwritten dates still must still be counted if received in time ...

Pennsylvanians will vote on the retention of three justices who have sat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court since 2015 – Justices Christine Donohue, David Wecht and Kevin Dougherty. Typically, judicial ...

Here’s what Pennsylvania voters need to know about state Supreme Court Justices Donohue, Dougherty, and Wecht.

What began in 2022 as a one-paragraph public records request has morphed into a full-blown court fight over who owns digital copies of Pennsylvania’s historical records. Are they the property of the ...

Officials from the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission show Gov. Josh Shapiro the new Pennsylvania State Archives building. Commonwealth Media Services This story first appeared in The ...