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This week, more than 100 district schools were virtual because of staffing shortages during the omicron surge. Next week, just eight are on the list.

Wilmington residents forced from their homes by Hurricane Ida met with state agencies and local nonprofits to say they still haven’t received much help.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health says the site will be staffed by federal contractors and able to test about 1,000 people a day.

Friday had been the deadline. The city cited ongoing negotiations with employee unions for the extension to Jan. 24.

The new Bridge Formula Program will distribute $26.5 billion nationwide over the next five years, helping pay for replacements and repairs of up to 15,000 bridges.

The inspection of voting machines in a heavily Republican county in Pennsylvania appears ready to go forward in a GOP effort inspired by former President Donald Trump.

Some misconceptions about the spotted lanternfly came as a result of misunderstandings about the bug soon after it was discovered in Berks County in 2014.

The rhetoric among Pennsylvania’s GOP candidates for Senate and governor has been the same: short on provable facts, long on inflammatory rhetoric.

Despite public health guidance, for many workers amid the omicron surge, the idea of missing so many days of work has become wishful thinking.

The legislation introduced in City Council would change how vacant city land is sold. One affordable housing advocate described the bill as “almost revolutionary.”

Here’s a look at some of the volunteer opportunities going on in and around Philly, from voter registration drives to citywide cleanups.

The city is already on pace to surpass last year’s total for carjackings.

The University of Pennsylvania law professor has come under scrutiny before for racist remarks made about Black students.

Sharon Hill police officers who shot into a crowd, killing Fanta Bility, 8, are on paid leave, while two teenagers are charged with first-degree murder.

Defense attorneys sought to paint a rosier picture of the state’s largest school district than the one Hite presented in his direct testimony.