Pennsylvania

Governor Tom Wolf says the goal is to make sure more young offenders leave the criminal system and stay out.

Weintraub announced charges in the case Tuesday, less than 10 miles from a quarry in Hilltown Township, where Damon Smoot confessed to killing and burying Brundage in 2004.

The 14 Pennsylvania state universities hope to reduce the number of university faculty members by offering an incentive for professors eligible for retirement.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has fined Sunoco Pipeline almost $2 million for pollution releases into Raystown Lake during pipeline construction.

Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday that he will follow through on his plan to close another state prison, as a cost-cutting step amid a declining inmate population.

Five years after the law took effect, there are signs it isn’t working as intended, and organizations are able to skirt the rules and face few, if any, consequences.

The petition demands that EPA designate the chemicals under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, to ensure strict storage, transfer and disposal.

After a relationship ended three years ago, Michael Thomas had to move out. He found himself homeless for the first time in his life.

Crime in Pa. has been on the decline for two decades, and changing attitudes towards incarceration have dramatically lowered the state prison population.

Speaker Mike Turzai counters that he did so because of a routine parliamentary issue.

Students of color in Pa. are far less likely than their white peers to have access to small classes, certified teachers and advanced coursework, according to two studies.

Studies have shown that doctors at some hospitals routinely instruct medical students to perform practice exams on unconscious patients without their permission.

The eccentric personality had a lifelong love affair with his adopted city.

The head of a SEPTA division that is currently the subject of a federal corruption probe has been promoted to one of the highest ranking positions in the transit agency.

The chamber narrowly passed a measure that would require judges to issue consecutive sentences for multiple crimes involving guns.