Pennsylvania

The number of long-term care residents and staff impacted by the coronavirus has nearly doubled in the past week, with 5,679 positive cases among residents and 849 deaths.

For decades, they endured budget cuts, political battles, and a major state Supreme Court case. Now, when we need them most, only a skeleton crew remains.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle continue to raise concerns about how the Wolf administration has handled the business waiver process.

The Liquor Control Board says it will expand its curbside pickup service to 389 more Fine Wine & Good Spirits locations in the state on Monday, April 27.

There could be half the regular number of polling places open on June 2.

Government accountability advocates say Wolf’s administration has fallen short during the COVID-19 crisis, withholding critical public documents.

The Pennsylvania Innocence Project concluded Rudolph Sutton was likely innocent, just as his health began to decline after serving 30 years behind bars.

With little opportunity to socially distance, the coronavirus is spreading in Philly's four jails. There are more cases in those facilities than in all of Pa.'s state prisons.

“At times there are things we need to review, and potentially revisit the way the data is being analyzed,” said Pa. Health Secretary Rachel Levine. “This is one of those times

He noted, even when industries — and eventually counties — get the go-ahead to go back to work, that doesn’t mean daily life should go back to normal right away.

A group of Republican lawmakers might fire up Pennsylvanians who want to see the state reopen, but the nuclear option is practically impossible to pull off.

Betsy James Wyeth, the widow, business manager and muse of painter Andrew Wyeth, has died at age 98.

Pennsylvania has closed businesses more aggressively than many nearby states. Democrats mostly agree with the approach, Republicans don’t.

On Wednesday night, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf laid out more details of his measured step-by-step plan to reopen the state starting May 8.

The bill would ban doctors from using telemedicine for any drug on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy list.