The focus is ‘alleged illegal activities’ of the state senator, a federal agent says. Federal agents load a box from state Sen. Robert Mellow’s office in Peckville into a vehicle on Friday afternoon.

confirmation from two-thirds to 26 of 50 senators, he added. Mellow said the law was changed so nominations aren’t stymied or blocked, which happened when former controller Tom Pizano was elected ...

Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law his first piece of legislation in 2019 that strengthens the state's pension forfeiture law to strip taxpayer-funded pensions from public employees and officials who ...