Pennsylvania

Republicans said squirreling away $5 billion in federal money was smart planning for the future, while Democrats lamented the investments that might have been.

Critics say it’s a technique that Republicans appear increasingly willing to use as they clash with Gov. Tom Wolf over highly politicized issues, like voting and the pandemic.

Businesses still maintain the option of requiring employees, guests, or customers to wear face masks, health officials stressed.

A popular practice for memorializing loved ones in the late 19th century has been brought back in York.

With $17.4 billion in assets, the Milton Hershey School is the wealthiest K-12 school in the U.S.

The mask mandate will be lifted as of 12:01 a.m. on June 28, the Department of Health announced Friday.

While recent White House attention has focused on stopping border migration, local immigrants and activist groups are pressuring for laws to change in the U.S.

SEPTA’s proposed route will serve passengers riding between Coatesville, Exton, and West Chester, replacing the privately-run Route A.

Under the settlement agreement, the money will go to a pair of organizations that raise money to bail out incarcerated people who are locked up pre-trial.

The court voted 8-1 in favor of Brandi Levy, who was a 14-year-old high school freshman when she expressed her disappointment over not making the varsity cheerleading team.

The decision diminished anti-gerrymandering advocates’ hopes of preventing Pennsylvania’s most powerful lawmakers from drawing maps that unfairly benefit one political party.

Advocates say a new federal holiday is nice, but it’s no substitute for policy change. On the federal level, most of the big proposals have stalled.

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A long-awaited report on Pa.’s juvenile justice system found wide racial disparities and minimal use of diversion to keep young people out of the system in the first place.

Forty-two percent of the 444 registered voters surveyed said that Pennsylvania should “definitely” do more to combat climate change and its impacts.