When the clock struck midnight Monday night in Harrisburg, there was still no agreement to pass Governor Josh Shapiro’s budget plan. The budget has been the subject of harsh criticism since it was ...

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The wait might be getting longer for Pennsylvanians who want to legalize recreational marijuana. Pennsylvania Governor Josh ...

Pennsylvania’s state government is expected to start the new fiscal year Tuesday without a spending plan in place. That’s not ...

A top Pennsylvania Republican says marijuana legalization will not be included in the 2026 budget as lawmakers approach a ...

Uwchlan Township police tell Action News that during the emergency response, an illegal marijuana grow operation was ...

Organizers said Black and Brown companies were disproportionately affected by the war on drugs, so the state needs to make ...

Recreational marijuana remains illegal in Pennsylvania. But lawmakers, advocates and even opponents who have spent countless hours debating the topic in Harrisburg say that likely will change soon.

Pennsylvania House Democrats advanced a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, sending it to the full chamber for a vote. The bill faces opposition in the Republican-controlled Senate ...

Democrats in Pennsylvania want legal sales of marijuana . According to one of the sponsors of the bills, Democratic Rep. Dan Frankel, it had the potential to bring in $600 million in revenue.

Pennsylvania's path to legalizing recreational cannabis is similar to the state's "long process" leading up to the legalization of medical marijuana in 2016, Crampsie said.

Legal recreational marijuana use is still prohibited in Pennsylvania, making the Keystone State an outlier in cannabis reform, as both Delaware and New Jersey have decriminalized recreational ...