It’s no big fish story: Pennsylvania’s growing public pension obligations could soon hook anglers across the state.

When Attorney General Kathleen Kane sued a chain of for-profit nursing home facilities across Pennsylvania, she had backup from a powerful private law firm that stood to reap millions from a controversial arrangement with the state’s top prosecutor.

HARRISBURG — State Rep. Karen Boback has heard all about Michigan’s tourist attractions, thanks to the multi-million-dollar “Pure Michigan” ad campaign that brings views of the state’s freshwater coastlines, scenic highways and picturesque lighthouses to her television screen in Pennsylvania.

HARRISBURG — As snow flurries fell across the state capital Monday, Erik Arneson donned a Green Bay Packers parka and knit hat and went searching for a legal locksmith to get him back into his office.

Gov. Tom Wolf took office last Tuesday and immediately got to work.

HARRISBURG — Rep. Brad Roae might be the most optimistic guy in the state House.

HARRISBURG — In the age of Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat, Pennsylvania is stuck in the past century when it comes to voter registration.

When the calendar flipped from November to December, Pennsylvania lawmakers who made a Sisyphus-like effort to push a liquor privatization plan out of the state House saw their legislative boulder tumble back to the bottom of the hill.