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The average American throws out almost 5 pounds of solid waste each day. One local musician aims to reduce waste by giving trash a second life.

A recent report found a growing number of teachers and students use the technology, which is becoming a more common part of everyday life.

Lawmakers passed a $50.1 billion 2025-26 state budget, providing $665 million for public schools, $175 million in cyber charter reforms and expanded student support programs.

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative would have put a price on carbon. Opposed by Republicans, it was sacrificed by Democrats to get the budget deal done.

Education leaders are applauding new funding increases that promise to bridge the divide between high- and low-income school districts.

CEO Scott Sauer said SEPTA will “stand ready to work with lawmakers and the governor on a comprehensive transit funding solution.”

Delaware landlords lost their bid to have a law providing property tax relief to homeowners ruled unconstitutional.

Since the start, the Parker administration has said the H.O.M.E. initiative is for everyone. Advocates say the most vulnerable need to be prioritized.

Pennsylvania is passing a $50 billion spending package to end a four-month budget stalemate that has held up billions for public schools and social services.

The U.S. Mint has been making pennies in Philadelphia, the nation’s birthplace, since 1793, a year after Congress passed the Coinage Act.

The president proposed the idea on his Truth Social media platform Sunday, five days after his Republican Party lost elections in Virginia, New Jersey and elsewhere.

Superintendent Kwame R. Morton Sr. addressed a memo that discussed requiring parental permission for students to access content deemed sensitive.

In the newly released emails, Epstein wrote that Donald Trump had “spent hours” at Epstein's house with a victim of sex trafficking.

The disruption caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks.

The fallout of the shutdown landed on millions of Americans, such as federal workers who went without paychecks and airline passengers who had their trips delayed or canceled.