Pennsylvania

With coronavirus cases rising across the commonwealth, the grease-laden tradition has been canceled, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday.

The federal agency went against the advice of its own scientists who said the standard needed to be lowered.

“Pennsylvania’s situation has become even more dire” than when new mitigation efforts were issued, said Governor Tom Wolf.

Without those funds, enrollees in both programs “[will] struggle to pay for basic human necessities, like food, housing and medication,” said Jenn Berrier.

The appeal, filed Friday, is one of at least four pending cases in which Trump or Republicans are trying to throw out certain ballots or trying to upend the entire election.

In just three years, the state’s medical marijuana industry has exploded.

The Delaware County Office of the Public Defender believes that change starts there. It has new leaders pledged to work toward that goal.

A group of Pa. Republican lawmakers are urging Congress to take an extreme, last-ditch, and likely ineffective step to overturn President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory.

The 77-year-old prisoner with underlying medical conditions had been transferred to a hospital in Clearfield County.

Starting next year, the project aims to look for signs of illness in the blood of 1,000 adults and 300 children in and around Horsham, Warrington and Warminster townships.

Between the 2008-09 school year and the 2018-19 school year, special education costs grew by $2 billion, while state special education aid grew by only $110 million.

At least a third of the hospitals in the southwest and south-central part of the state expect shortages in the next week. Some rural facilities are already in crisis.

In the lawsuit, Kelly and the other GOP plaintiffs had sought to either throw out the 2.5 million mail-in ballots submitted under the law or to wipe out the election results.

Community health care providers and community leaders work together to protect vulnerable populations.

While many lawmakers agree changes are needed, finding common ground in the current hyper-partisan climate might be impossible.