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There’s little disagreement that the state needs to determine how much "learning loss" has occurred. The argument is over the best way to collect data.

Across Pa., about 40,000 residents of more than 1,300 nursing and personal care homes have contracted the virus to date. About 7,000 have died, more than 60% of Pa.'s total.

With coronavirus cases rising across the commonwealth, the grease-laden tradition has been canceled, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday.

The federal agency went against the advice of its own scientists who said the standard needed to be lowered.

The Food and Drug Administration posted its analysis online even as across the Atlantic, Britain on Tuesday began vaccinating its oldest citizens with the Pfizer shots.

The decision could delay the delivery of a second batch of doses until manufacturer Pfizer fulfills other international contracts.

The study found that housing prices in the Philadelphia metro are about 10% higher than what the long-term cost trends suggest they should be.

The Philadelphia Flower Show to be held in FDR Park in 2021. The event will go outdoors for the first time in its almost 200 year history.

Rail passage through northern Delaware has long been hamstrung by a two-track bottleneck. The third track will improve train service and speed, officials said.

President Donald Trump has declared that he has the “absolute right” to issue a pardon to himself. Yet the law is much murkier than his confidence suggests.

If confirmed by the Senate, Austin would be the first Black leader of the Pentagon.

“Pennsylvania’s situation has become even more dire” than when new mitigation efforts were issued, said Governor Tom Wolf.

The Philadelphia Phillies, the team Allen started out with, announced his death on Monday.

An investigating grand jury recommended that Eric Ruch Jr. face first-degree and third-degree murder at trial.

Without those funds, enrollees in both programs “[will] struggle to pay for basic human necessities, like food, housing and medication,” said Jenn Berrier.