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Leveraging their shared life experience and local roots, community health workers aim to move the needle on long-standing health disparities.

Lawmakers and advocates say if the suspect in the deadly Atlanta-area shootings had been forced to wait before getting a gun, he might not have acted on his impulse.

The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee has been out of session for the past year, but others worked to advance coronavirus-related concerns.

The sponsor is a retired teacher who was shocked that Ronnie Williams could remain on the Colonial school board after being charged with raping two boys.

One of the biggest changes in the new stimulus is an expanded tax credit for families with kids. Here’s what it would mean for you.

Particularly in the House, which remains partly shuttered by the pandemic and where lawmakers heard gunshots ring out during the siege, trust is low.

The World War I exploits of Alvin C. York netted Gary Cooper a best actor Academy Award and Pa. Sen. Doug Mastriano a degree, a book deal — and academic backlash.

They say they’ve often had to tolerate racist and misogynistic men who cling to a narrative that Asian women are exotic and submissive.

With no sign of a stop to the shooting, organizers arranged the march Saturday at 52nd & Pentridge streets, where Antonio Walker Jr. was killed.

The bill has just four co-sponsors, a reflection of how difficult it is to garner support in Harrisburg for measures that pare back government perks.

"There were at least 150 people in there that fled and believed they had to flee for their lives, so that’s a pretty big deal,” Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said.

Officials said the risk was too great to admit ticket holders from overseas during a pandemic. The Japanese public has also opposed fans from abroad.

Before the coronavirus struck, loneliness was an “epidemic” among the elderly in the U.S. The pandemic revealed it was just part of the problem.

Up to 1,000 residents will be able to receive a free tree to plant on their property thanks to TreePhilly, a Philadelphia Parks & Recreation program.

Ruth Hopson survived the 1918 flu pandemic, and is preparing to outlive COVID-19.