Each of the three branches of Pennsylvania government has extensive information about their activities online. Click for the General Assembly, Office of the Governor, and Unified Judicial System.

The Pennsylvania Manual is published by the PA Department of General Services every two years. It is a comprehensive overview of the Commonwealth’s history, governmental institutions, and elected officials. It is a great first stop when looking for information on Pennsylvania. We are in the process of providing access to all available online copies on the PA Manual. You can find the links here.

Commonwealth: A Journal of Pennsylvania Politics and Policy, the official publication of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, is an interdisciplinary journal with peer reviewed articles on all facets of government in Pennsylvania. It is available open access from Temple University Press.

Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, the official journal of the Pennsylvania Historical Association, is available open access since 1934 with a five year embargo. More recent issues are available behind a paywall.

The current Pennsylvania Constitution is available here. The Duquesne School of Law maintains an excellent website on the history and interpretation of the Pennsylvania Constitution. They also provide colonial documents and the texts of the five Pennsylvania Constitutions: 1776, 1790, 1838, 1874, and 1968.

The Pennsylvania Legislative Journal records floor votes, some floor deliberation, gubernatorial actions and other relevant legislative information. Senate records are available from 1949-present, and 1935-present for the House.

Widener’s Commonwealth Law School has an excellent guide to Pennsylvania Legal Resources. Among other things, the guide describes how to access state court cases, how to research legislative bill histories, and where to find information on executive branch regulations.

The online Pennsylvania State Archive Collections from Power PA provides full text historical governmental documents from colonial times to the present.

The United States Census Bureau places Pennsylvania in the Northeast Region and the Middle Atlantic Division. Click for the Census Bureau map.

Information about housing in Pennsylvania can be found at the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Agency’s Dataset Reference Guide.

Current and historical election data is available from the Pennsylvania Department of State. Results, including data by county, office, and voting method, are available here. The data can also be downloaded into Excel or CSV from here. The DOS also provides current and historical voter registration statistics by county, congressional district, and state legislative districts here.