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Reading and Berks should be neck-and-neck with neighboring counties and cities when it comes to the percentage of households responding to the census.

Protesters torched a Minneapolis police station that the department abandoned as three days of violent protests spread to nearby St. Paul and across the country.

The enormous handout to the state’s largest hospital chain is the result of a federal formula that rewarded companies based on revenue and medical claims, not actual need.

Although health officials say Philly has slowed the spread of the coronavirus, they are fearful of losing those gains if social distancing measures are relaxed too quickly.

The Carney administration is encouraging those who run youth camps and summer school to limit groups to 15 children plus staff, and to take extra safety precautions.

It was debate marked by heckling, parliamentary wrangling, and an accusation that a Republican lawmaker called a Democratic colleague a “little girl.”

A series of six apparently unrelated shootings over a short span in Philadelphia has left two people dead and nine wounded, authorities said.

Despite a few glimmers of hope, most of the economic news was likewise grim, as some of the world's most populous countries reported rising infections and deaths.

The pandemic has scrapped the playbook for primary campaigning in a congressional district that made waves in 2018 after the redistricting decision.

Businesses are hurt. Unemployment is unprecedented. But coronavirus cases in this rural Pa. town have still been spiking. Now, as restrictions ease, hospitals could be tested.

Doctors and hospitals are open again for routine yet important care like vaccines and mammograms. Some patients are still unsure if they should go.

The video has been shared widely on social media and the death of the African American man in police custody has sparked outrage.

DEP has been “decimated” over the years by cuts, he said, adding even Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed increases were inadequate.

The state Treasury has temporarily halted direct deposit payments for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, and will only issue money by check.

Philly once thought its public schools would face an immediate budget hole. But relief from Harrisburg has staved off the worse for now.