Pennsylvania

Why a system that's supposed to keep people out of jail putting so many people at risk of incarceration in Pennsylvania.

FBI agents have interviewed current or former state employees in recent weeks about the Mariner East project and the construction permits.

Pennsylvania is home to a lot of old dams—many of which are privately owned. The state agency that regulates those dams says it has serious concerns about 145 of them.

As the son of Black Panthers, Sharif El-Mekki grew up in West Philadelphia enraged at the injustice he saw all around him, including in education.

A decline in the number of licensed school bus drivers statewide has some districts scrambling to get students to and from school.

A group of 145 dams are rated, in data supplied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as both high-hazard and in either poor or unsatisfactory condition.

Pa. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean wants to address a growing complaint among service members about aggressive debt collectors.

Republicans in the state legislature have long pushed to privatize the commonwealth’s state-run liquor industry.

Pennsylvania’s Republican U.S. Senator introduced a resolution he hopes will enable Congress to defeat future presidents’ fracking bans in court.

An Inquirer/The Caucus investigation detailed abuses of power by Superintendent John Reilly. A new oversight board hopes to prevent future impropriety.

The suit was filed by the same nonprofits who brought last year’s Janus case, in which SCOTUS ruled public sector unions can’t take dues from non-members.

Lessons from this year’s election in Pennsylvania could avoid a mess in 2020.

You’ll have 50 days before the election to finish and submit your ballot.

Historic elections in 3 of Philadelphia’s 4 collar counties led to a Democratic takeover, driven by demographic shifts and disaffection with the president.

Kratz is accused of murdering a young man on a Bucks County farm and helping his cousin burn and bury two more. He faces life in prison if convicted.