Laura Benshoff

Philadelphia and the Vera Institute of Justice launched a one-year pilot program offering pro bono legal support to low-income immigrants facing deportation.

Keith Byrne has lived in Pennsylvania for more than a decade and could be deported any minute. He’s one of an estimated 50,000 unauthorized Irish immigrants in the U.S.

The primary is still ten months away, but the two-term Republican incumbent already has one challenger in his own party, and two from the Democrats.

A Pennsylvania appeals court has stayed the opening of a contested immigrant youth facility in North Philadelphia.

Chesco Sheriff Carolyn ‘Bunny’ Welsh authorized over $67,000 in overtime to her boyfriend, according to a report by the county controller’s office.

Dozens of media startups in Pa. are trying to fill gaps in coverage, while battling the same financial challenges that undercut the newspaper business.

A Common Pleas court judge has cleared the way for a controversial facility to house immigrant minors to open in North Philadelphia.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to implement several measures following last year's sweeping Pa. grand jury report on clergy sex abuse.

Drivers in Bucks and Montgomery counties account for $2 million in unpaid Pa. Turnpike tolls. The most egregious scofflaws could face criminal charges.

The Catholic Church spent more on lobbying efforts in Pennsylvania than in seven other northeastern U.S. states combined, according to a recent report covering 2011-2018.

State Sen. Daylin Leach says he’s been cleared of wrongdoing in a probe of sexual harassment allegations. Party leadership maintains that he should resign.

The justices on Tuesday rejected an appeal from students who argued that allowing transgender students to use the same facilities violated their right to privacy.