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Here are the basics about the Berks County lawmaker, how he became speaker, and more.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission will raise rates for the 15th year in a row starting in 2023. The 5% increase will take effect on Jan. 8.

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday finalized a rule change that broadens the availability of abortion pills to many more pharmacies, including large chains.

For the first time in 43 years, the Pearl S. Buck Foundation is asking the public to nominate influential women, one of whom will win its annual award.

Between July 2019 and September 2021, there was a 94% increase in overdose deaths among middle and high school aged children across the U.S.

After a deadly 2022 on Delaware roads, state police are teaming up with the Office of Highway Safety in hopes of a safer year.

Tower Health’s $28 million-dollar sale of Chestnut Hill Hospital to Temple Health and its partners is complete. Transfer of ownership was finalized Jan. 1.

State Rep. Mark Rozzi of Berks County was named as the next presiding officer with 115 votes.

Ward, a Republican from Westmoreland County and the new president pro tempore of the state Senate, will hold the office under Pa.'s constitution, but only for two weeks.

"Restaurant operators, we fuel the city, we employ so many people, we provide economic impact for a lot of different areas. We provide jobs. Help us," said Sean McGranaghan.

Santos arrived in Washington to be sworn in Tuesday, but his swearing-in was delayed after Republicans who control the House failed in multiple rounds of voting for speaker.

Nutter would be allowed to run again because Philadelphia’s city charter only prohibits more than two consecutive terms.

The 24-year-old Hamlin remains in critical condition in a Cincinnati hospital a day after the Bills said his heart stopped while making a tackle in the first quarter.

An arrest warrant says Benjamin Ledyard attacked his wife with a marble block on New Year’s Day and previously bit off the tip of her finger.

Partisan control of the state House of Representatives is hanging in the balance as Pennsylvania lawmakers arrive at the State Capitol to start a new legislative session.