Pennsylvania

Deb Beck is a formidable power player in Harrisburg, influencing the state’s response to a drug addiction epidemic. But critics say 'there is more to the story.’

ICE has twice denied requests to tour the Berks County Residential Center, where people are being kept for months while they await administrative hearings.

Last year, some Pennsylvania farmers started growing hemp, hoping it would be a cash crop. But why is hemp farming regarded as risky?

He said it’s “an absolute no,” joking that it would essentially ruin his nearly 45-year marriage to his wife, Frances Wolf.

Thousands show up for rally at Giant Center in Hershey

After months of negotiation, the state House has moved a package of criminal justice reform bills through committee.

Wardens say it teaches financial responsibility, inmates and prison researchers say it’s too burdensome.

Yet another Pennsylvania politician is staring down corruption charges. Why do our public officials keep cheating and what is being done to change the culture?

A bill that would reform probation in Pennsylvania passed a House committee Monday – but only after it was scaled back extensively.

A Pennsylvania appeals court rejected Bill Cosby’s bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction Tuesday over the trial judge’s decision to let five other accusers testify.

A man is now free despite decades-old shoplifting charges that threatened to keep him in prison even after he received a rare commutation.

Natural gas was supposed to bridge our energy needs until we built up our capacity for cleaner fuels. So why aren't we any closer to relying on renewable energy now?

Amid federal inaction, there's no consensus on how much of the PFAS class of chemicals is too much.

The ward leader plans to campaign as a progressive Democratic alternative in the district encompassing Center City and South and Southwest Philly.

After 25 years in prison, David Sheppard received clemency for a second-degree murder charge. But he may have to go back to prison for allegedly stealing jeans in 1992.