Pennsylvania

In an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, funeral directors across Pennsylvania are being urged to postpone funerals and cancel public viewings.

Sanitizer-toting candidates weren’t the only signs of an atypical special election day in Pennsylvania’s 18th House district.

Parents and day care providers in Philadelphia described receiving mixed messages Monday on whether day care providers could remain open during the shutdown.

For the first time ever, Pennsylvania residents will be able to video chat with loved ones who are serving state prison sentences.

Life looks a lot different now than it did just a week ago. How are people in the Philadelphia area living and preparing?

Three Pennsylvania teachers practice community care, gratitude and mindfulness in the wake of coronavirus-related school closures.

The Pennsylvania House passed temporary rules Monday allowing members to vote remotely, essentially putting the 203-member body on an indefinite work-from-home policy.

Pennsylvania will shut down all of its roughly 600 state-owned wine and liquor stores as part of the state's expanding shutdown to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.

Tuesday’s special election for a Bucks House seat will go on as scheduled after a judge denied the county’s attempt to stop it because of coronavirus.

Not all suppliers intend to close. One shop owner said: “I’m an essential business. I’m firearms. That’s essential. It’s second amendment rights.”

The rationing comes as the state Department of Health maintains that it has personal protective equipment available and is working to make sure they have what they need.

The 18th Legislative District is moderate, but trending toward Democrats. So far, Republicans have held onto it, but that could change.

Canceled events and empty rooms bring work to a hard stop at hotels and arenas. But a sudden demand for extra cleaning means long days elsewhere.

Restaurants and bars in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Allegheny counties must end dine-in services after midnight Sunday for 14 days.

Melissa Hall, who has a weakened immune system, ventured out for the first time in a week on Friday and donned a surgical mask to go grocery shopping.