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After five months of in-person instruction in more than 100 private schools in Philadelphia, health officials report nine outbreaks of COVID-19.

In a year when many land use matters were disrupted by the pandemic, City Council created six new neighborhood overlays aimed at shaping development.

Pennsylvania Democrats are breaking rank to publicly express misgivings about the Wolf administration’s efforts to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine.

"Good democracy thrives on strong discussion, but potential violence has no place in the conversation."

An analysis shows that more than 300 senior care homes did not have a scheduled vaccine clinic as of Jan. 17, while hundreds more weren’t covered by a federal partnership.

Despite 2020 being a trying year, Gov. Carney told lawmakers there’s reason for hope in the coming year during his virtual State of the State address.

Child care providers and advocates are urging Gov. Wolf and other policymakers in Harrisburg to quickly allocate money in a way that avoids closures of child care centers.

The move comes after receiving the results of court-ordered COVID-19 testing of all incarcerated people and staff in Philly’s four jails.

Public defender A.J. Kramer told a federal judge that investigators searched the car and Harrisburg residence of Riley June Williams but did not locate the computer.

Some problems stem from a lag between when the first pandemic stimulus funds expired and the time it took to get the second relief package up and running.

The Senate has rejected a Republican attempt to dismiss Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial.

“It’s nice to see his memory, and just his way of his life being celebrated by people far beyond our area."

Bridget Ann Kelly, whose 2016 federal conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court last year, announced this week she is running for Bergen County clerk.

Environmentalists object, saying the measure would mean more logging and more habitat loss.

Penn, Temple and Einstein are pivoting from Phase 1A, when they vaccinated their patient-facing staff, to Phase 1B, their most at-risk patients.