Government Accountability

Penn Medicine has agreed to pay $275,000 to the Department of Justice to settle allegations that Lancaster General Hospital submitted false claims to Medicaid

The General Assistance program gives small sums of cash — roughly $200 a month — to the poorest people in Pa. who don't have dependents and don't qualify for other assistance.

In-state tuition and fees for Pennsylvania’s public four-year universities are among the highest in the nation.

The state Senate has taken a first step toward overhauling Pennsylvania’s redistricting process — passing a bipartisan proposal out of committee.

Last year's sweeping Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse did not investigate abuse by nuns.

State Rep. Thomas Murt says those bills represent just 1 percent of all bills he’s ever backed.

The first of nine meetings drew more than 50 people in Williamsport Thursday evening.

General Assistance is for low-income residents who need help, but don’t qualify for traditional welfare because they don’t have dependents.

Republican leaders want to charge municipalities for state police service based on workload indicators like calls for service instead of the governor’s proposed population-dri

Draw the Lines PA is a civic group that plans to host a biannual competition where people can make their own congressional district maps.

While there is no case of results being tampered with in Pennsylvania, reports of Russian interference in 2016 have raised concerns that the digital totals could be hacked.

Nearly 2 million Pennsylvanians on food stamps have to wait until March before the next round of SNAP benefits.

What to know and what to watch for on Tuesday

Pa.'s old congressional map was called a "voter proof" partisan gerrymander. But our analysis suggests the wave of Democratic success this year could have overcome it.

John Dougherty’s mighty labor union is one of the top contributors to Democrats in races at both the state and city level.