Pennsylvania

Calling the issue a matter of public health, the group is proposing four bills that would require public restrooms to provide free pads and tampons to anyone who needs them.

Legislation that would abolish straight-ticket voting was amended Tuesday to add reforms long sought by critics of Pennsylvania’s election laws.

The problem is especially dire in Berks County, where thousands of skilled manufacturing jobs need to be filled in coming years as baby boomers retire.

The decision, which prompted debate Tuesday, is part of an effort to bolster struggling first-responders.

The House Oversight Committee was created in January, and held its first hearing Monday.

The Larimer Beer Company hopes to hire residents from the City of Chester as they expand their footprint in the city.

The research challenges electronic cigarette industry claims about health risks the devices pose.

An elaborate embezzlement scheme involved funneling seniors’ funds through a shell company and a church where two of the three defendants were pastors.

Almost a year after lines opened, residents will say the project remains a risk to public safety.

Superintendents say vulnerable children in Pa. lose critical links to the outside world and caring adults when their parents enroll them in cyber charters.

For decades, the state’s WIC program has cut checks — lots of them — to its low-income participants. That will stop by the end of 2019.

Authorities say a house explosion in the eastern Pennsylvania city of Allentown blew off the front of the row home and led to a fire that spread to nine other homes.

The U.S. Census Bureau has asked Pennsylvania to voluntarily turn over driver’s license information, as part of the Trump Administration’s efforts to compile detailed data.

With the 2020 census approaching, black community leaders are brushing up on the best ways to get people counted.

Leaders of the Pittsburgh synagogue where worshippers were fatally shot last year want to rebuild and renovate the building.