Pennsylvania

Since Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Erie, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties have their own health departments, they are excluded from the testing expansion.

Nearly a month after Election Day, President Donald Trump’s campaign is still engaged in bitter litigation over several lawsuits contesting Pennsylvania’s results.

State officials have made its COVID tracking app available to children as young as 13 in an attempt to mitigate the spread of the virus.

Long before COVID-19 jumped from an animal to a human to start the global pandemic, western Pa. was already grappling with another health crisis — the drug epidemic.

Trump won 86% of the Pa. counties that used Dominion devices, while state Republicans who are now echoing his distrust of the machines performed well in the election.

Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano had gone to the White House to discuss efforts to overturn president-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the commonwealth.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to hear Bill Cosby's appeal of his sexual assault conviction on Tuesday, Dec. 1.

The state's attorney general, Democrat Josh Shapiro, called the court's decision “another win for Democracy.”

The grants will go to Adams, Bedford, Centre, Cumberland, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York counties.

As COVID cases rise, hospitals are making plans in case they begin running short of beds. If certain benchmarks are hit, elective surgeries may be curtailed.

Compared to previous cycles, Democrats control the governorship and the Supreme Court — positions that give them considerable sway over the process.

The Warrington-based nonprofit, started in 2012, prepared 3,000 meals for Bucks and Montco residents, the most in its history.

Pa. residents with mobile devices will receive emergency alerts about COVID-19 through the WEA system, which notifies people of threats like severe weather and Amber Alerts.

Plans are in the early stages, but people weary of water contamination are on edge.

The Bureau of Elections and the county's Emergency Services Department — which use separate computer networks — are not affected by the disruption.