Pennsylvania

The families of prisoners say that they also suffer during the holidays, specifically because of the state’s tough visitation policies.

This month’s off-year election in Pennsylvania was fascinating mainly because of all the new parties and political faces that showed up on the ballot … and won!

As Pennsylvania state senators filed through the corridor that leads out of the Senate chamber this week, John Yudichak turned down to an equally tight staircase.

After more than a decade of investigations into sexual abuse in Pennsylvania's Catholic Church, last year's grand jury report still contained new revelations.

The research, he said, is meant to address “the concern that there is a relationship between hydraulic fracturing and childhood cancers.”

Sandusky again asserted his innocence, choked up twice in brief remarks to the judge and told his supporters he loves them.

Republican Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill's amendment responds to problems in York County, which she represents, but would have statewide benefits.

Cheyney University has run out of lifelines and delays over the status of its accreditation.

People from Adams and Philadelphia counties are hoping their shared views on the criminal justice system can make a difference.

A major advocacy group for Pennsylvania farmers says many have had to change the way they do business to stay afloat financially.

The lack of transparency or public checks in filling judicial vacancies is getting renewed scrutiny this year because of Wolf’s choice for the appellate seat: Drew Crompton.

Dark Waters dramatizes the true story of a former corporate lawyer who exposed the effects of toxic PFAS chemicals discharged into a creek in West Virginia.

People abused as children will be able to file criminal suits against their abusers no matter how much time has passed.

Pennsylvania is one of three states where high school football enrollment is not in decline.

Among other things, the measures would impose longer sentences for assaulting guards, and punish prisoners for a broader range of crimes.