Pennsylvania

More than 75% of the people incarcerated in Pennsylvania prisons are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but only 22% of corrections staff have gotten the shots.

Pennsylvania’s first lady and acting physician general held a virtual panel with young leaders to educate and encourage young people to get vaccinated.

Sunoco’s defenders say the plan will help complete the work, while opponents urge DEP to deny the permits.

After Spotlight PA found that Insight Global, the company handling Pa. contact tracing., had not secured its data issues, the company called on ex and current staff for help.

In the context of marijuana legalization, equity encompasses many issues, such as seeking to remedy the societal damages from the War on Drugs.

Ridge was taken by ambulance from the home in Bethesda, Maryland, to a hospital for treatment, Ridge spokesman Steve Aaron said.

The bill — dubbed the Voting Rights Protection Act — includes stricter voter ID, signature verification requirements, and limits on drop boxes.

Similar legislation has failed to move out of Republican-controlled committees, and it's unclear if this year will be any different.

Some students in Delaware County will be finishing the school year virtually as the cleanup of a major fuel spill continues.

State Rep. Amen Brown, who took office in January, is pushing legislation that would make sweeping criminal justice changes in two areas.

The lesson, it seems, was in last month's primary, when voters approved two GOP-penned proposals to expand the power of lawmakers over a governor's disaster declarations.

An estimated 4,700 gallons of fuel leaked into a local tributary in Brookhaven late Friday night, killing some aquatic life.

Pa. is expected to have a $3 billion budget surplus and more than $7 billion from the American Rescue Plan. Democrats want to use that money to repair schools.

Juniata County is one of the places Brood X cicadas emerged this year, after spending 17 years underground feeding on tree roots.

Many aspects of the proposal may not address actual problems, one expert said.