Pennsylvania

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.

Driving the switch is a decrease in visitors and a Delaware County goal of reaching people without transportation access.

The Republican-controlled Legislature approved the bill unanimously, at Wolf’s urging.

“I would not at all call this a complete disaster,” said Julia Simon-Mishel, supervising attorney with Philadelphia Legal Assistance.

A growing band of board dissidents says PSERS leaders must leave immediately to fix “an irrevocable loss of trust and confidence [due to] persistent underperformance."

Four protesters were arrested and charged with trespassing during the peaceful demonstration at the Capitol.

Republicans said terminating the emergency order was what Pennsylvanians demanded when they granted the legislative branch new powers during the May primary.

President Biden wants to invest big in climate spending. Anna Shipp writes that Pa. can attract D.C. dollars via investments in green stormwater infrastructure.

The information, contained in an active Google spreadsheet, includes the names of people who were potentially infected with the coronavirus.

A new wave of problems blocked numerous people from filing for benefits they had already been approved for.

The $64 billion pension fund claimed in a new IRS filing that its previous disclosures were poorly worded and filed in "error."

The Pa. legislature is able to flex this new power because voters approved a constitutional amendment during the May 18 primary limiting a governor’s authority.

Houlahan's entry would have brought a considerable presence to the race for the Democratic nomination from the heavily populated southeastern corner of Pennsylvania.