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A Philadelphia high school that had been embroiled in a controversy surrounding charter school contracts is going to remain a district sc ...

Pennsylvania’s tax revenue is currently more than $500 million above expectations. Gov. Tom Corbett wants to put the extra money in ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are hoping to pass a ban on synthetic drugs known as “bath salts” within the next two months. A ...

New Jersey lawmakers are considering a measure that would phase in a tax increase on employers in order to replenish the state’s un ...

The search has ended for a college student missing in western Pennsylvania. Authorities discovered the body of Devon Minor, a Philadelphi ...

Police in Beaver Falls, Pa., have found the body of a Clifton Heights teenager who’s been missing since January. ...

As the Philadelphia School District struggles with massive budget cuts, and failing schools, a group of Catholic clergy and lay people is ...

Only states, not municipalities can enact cell phone driving bans, a Lehigh County judge ruled today. Philadelphia, Erie and Harri ...

Family pets in New Jersey may get some legal protection in domestic violence cases. The Assembly Judiciary Committee has advanced ...

A day after the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled primary ballots could be mailed without Carl Lewis’ name on them, a federal appeals ...

An emergency response vehicle from the American Red Cross left Philadelphia today.  The vehicle is headed to tornado ravaged Alabama ...

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and other lawmakers are calling on the federal Government Accountability Office to find out why presc ...

A design for the Manayunk bridge trail must be complete by late next year. That’s a stipulation that comes with the contract awarde ...