The Pennsylvania House passed a bill Tuesday that would require universal background checks for gun purchases in the state.

Five Republicans joined the majority of Democrats in support of the bill, which now goes to the state Senate for ...

Democrats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives successfully passed a bill that would mandate universal background checks with the help of a handful of Republicans. Two other bills — on red ...

A state representative is calling on the Pennsylvania lawmakers to pass gun legislation on the state level. A state representative is calling on the Pennsylvania lawmakers to pass gun legislation on ...

Monday's action in the House Judiciary Committee showed that the political dynamics haven't really changed in the years since Pa. Democrats first started to put forth new gun regulations.

Democrats’ one-vote House majority could derail the bills before they could be sent to the Senate, given the voting record of a comparatively conservative Democrat from Cambria County.