Pennsylvania

Prosecutors believe the pending cases could gut Pennsylvania’s law, allowing sexually violent predators to evade detection and endangering public safety.

About 1,500 Philly students attend Chester campuses run by the charter organization seeking to take the district over.

Philly is in the middle of a construction boom, and neighbors are stepping up to prevent accidents. Why does the city need their help?

She is accused of enriching herself by stealing money from a nonprofit organization she founded to serve the mentally ill and poor who were fighting addiction.

Over the past decade, Philly's public schools experienced an average of one lockdown every other day, leaving many students with nightmares.

This year, the state Agriculture Department issued 324 growing permits, compared to 37 issued just for research last year.

The law includes a carve-out that lets members of the military buy tobacco when they’re 18.

More and more school districts are adding propane buses to their fleets and switching from diesel. They cite financial and environmental benefits.

Franklin Park is both rustic and upscale, graced with million-dollar homes, state game lands and even the occasional large flightless bird.

In what would be a first in Pennsylvania, Chester Community Charter School is pushing to take over all traditional K-8 education in its home district in Delaware County.

State transportation officials in Pennsylvania have announced travel restrictions with wintry weather bearing down on the commonwealth.

This is the third year farms have fewer trees to sell because they planted fewer during the recession. Ten and 12-foot trees are the most scarce.

Lawmakers and the governor opted to create their own exchange because it’s likely to save the commonwealth money.

When Pennsylvania overhauled its child sexual abuse laws after a years-long battle, absent from the bill-signing ceremony were some of the people who had worked hard.

Groups that provide mental health and intellectual disabilities services are lobbying for an additional $84 million in funding.