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Agencies. Pennsylvania Attorney General. Pennsylvania Auditor General. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole. Pennsylvania Department of Aging. Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Pennsylvania Department of Banking. Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
The Pennsylvania attorney general is the chief law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It became an elected office in 1980. [1] The current attorney general is Democrat Michelle Henry . On August 15, 2016, then-Attorney General Kathleen Kane was convicted of criminal charges, including conspiracy, perjury, and obstruction ...
Joshua David Shapiro [1] (born June 20, 1973 [2]) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Pennsylvania since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 50th Pennsylvania attorney general from 2017 to 2023 and as a member of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners from 2012 to 2017.
The Pennsylvania State Capitol. The Pennsylvania General Assembly is the bicameral state legislature composed of 253 members: the House of Representatives with 203 members, and the Senate with 50 members. The Speaker of the House of Representatives or their designated speaker pro tempore holds sessions of the House. The President of the Senate ...
Widener University ( JD) Michelle A. Henry (born 1969) is an American prosecutor who has served as Pennsylvania Attorney General since 2023. She was appointed to the role by Governor Josh Shapiro to replace him in the role. She previously served under Shapiro as first deputy attorney general, and was the first woman to serve in the role.
Kathleen Kane. Kathleen Margaret Kane (née Granahan ;) [2] is an American former politician and lawyer who served as the 48th Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 2013 until her resignation in 2016 following her conviction for perjury, obstruction of justice, and related charges for illegal activities while she was attorney general. [3]
Arthur L. Baldwin. Alma mater. Duquesne University Pennsylvania State University. Cynthia Anita Ackron Baldwin (born February 8, 1945) is an American jurist who was a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court after serving sixteen years as a Pennsylvania County Court judge. Baldwin was the first African-American woman elected to the Allegheny ...
State attorney general. The state attorney general in each of the 50 U.S. states, of the federal district, or of any of the territories is the chief legal advisor to the state government and the state's chief law enforcement officer. In some states, the attorney general serves as the head of a state department of justice, with responsibilities ...