Pennsylvania

After months of negotiation, the state House has moved a package of criminal justice reform bills through committee.

Wardens say it teaches financial responsibility, inmates and prison researchers say it’s too burdensome.

Yet another Pennsylvania politician is staring down corruption charges. Why do our public officials keep cheating and what is being done to change the culture?

A bill that would reform probation in Pennsylvania passed a House committee Monday – but only after it was scaled back extensively.

A Pennsylvania appeals court rejected Bill Cosby’s bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction Tuesday over the trial judge’s decision to let five other accusers testify.

A man is now free despite decades-old shoplifting charges that threatened to keep him in prison even after he received a rare commutation.

Natural gas was supposed to bridge our energy needs until we built up our capacity for cleaner fuels. So why aren't we any closer to relying on renewable energy now?

Amid federal inaction, there's no consensus on how much of the PFAS class of chemicals is too much.

The ward leader plans to campaign as a progressive Democratic alternative in the district encompassing Center City and South and Southwest Philly.

After 25 years in prison, David Sheppard received clemency for a second-degree murder charge. But he may have to go back to prison for allegedly stealing jeans in 1992.

The 2020 DNC in Milwaukee may feel a long way away, but voters throughout Philly and its suburbs are already planning how they’ll get there next July.

Does cracking down on flavored e-cigarettes make it harder for adults trying to quit smoking?

Republicans argued Democrats aren’t respecting due process, while Democrats argued the president’s conduct is baldly unconstitutional.

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.