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The Government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the governmental structure of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as established by the Pennsylvania Constitution. It is composed of three branches: executive, legislative and judicial. The state capital of Pennsylvania is Harrisburg.
The Pennsylvania General Assembly is the legislature of the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The legislature convenes in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg.
Frame of Government of Pennsylvania. The Frame of Government of Pennsylvania was a proto-constitution for the Province of Pennsylvania, a proprietary colony granted to William Penn by Charles II of England. The Frame of Government has lasting historical importance as an important step in the development of American and world democracy.
Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, 400 F. Supp. 2d 707 (M.D. Pa. 2005) [1] was the first direct challenge brought in the United States federal courts testing a public school district policy that required the teaching of intelligent design (ID), ultimately found by the court to not be science. [2][3] In October 2004, the Dover Area School District of York County, Pennsylvania, changed ...
The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 (ratified September 28, 1776) was the state's first constitution following its declaration of independence and has been described as the most democratic in America.
The Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are the official compilation of session laws enacted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly. [1] Pennsylvania is undertaking its first official codification process. [2][3] It is published by the Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau [4] (PALRB or LRB).
Ray Krone (born January 19, 1957) is an American who was wrongfully convicted of murder. [1] He was the 100th inmate exonerated from death row since the death penalty in the United States was reinstated in 1976. [2] Krone was born and raised in Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania and graduated from Dover Area High School in 1974. [3][4] He was labeled the " Snaggletooth Killer" (a ...
Recorded June 17, 2023. Joshua David Shapiro (born June 20, 1973) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2023 as the 48th governor of Pennsylvania. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the attorney general of Pennsylvania from 2017 to 2023 and served on the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners from 2012 to 2017.