Pennsylvania

For now, independent pipeline experts say the blast appears to have been caused by the relighting of a pilot light.

Pennsylvania lawmakers and gun control advocates rallied at the statehouse Wednesday evening just a few days after mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

Without much fanfare, Pa. lawmakers created a new category of schools this year called “innovation schools.” Was it real reform or a political favor?

With eight months to go before his primary election, Leach already has three challengers.

Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey is working with his Democratic colleagues to strengthen the background checks that folks will face if they want to buy firearms. Again.

'We need to hold folks’ feet to the fire,' said a Philadelphia Democrat.

Human Rights Coalition is pushing for the passage of a bill that would limit how long a person can be held in solitary confinement.

Many of the 23,494 tips received online or by phone were related to bullying, self-harm, thoughts of suicide, or depression.

These unique ecosystems are vulnerable to development and climate change, and these conservationists are trying to learn more about them.

A chemical plant in Chester, Pa. will pay a $750,000 penalty for nearly six years worth of air quality violations as part of a settlement reached with the DEP.

Through a Right-to-Know request, Keystone Crossroads obtained summaries of what schools across the state plan to purchase with an unprecedented level of state grant funding.

The Wolf administration is adding resources to fight opioid addiction and prevent overdoses, while pointing to the rising problem of non-opioid drugs such as stimulants.

A crane company had a chance to show off its southcentral Pennsylvania operation to a high-profile guest Thursday morning: Vice President Mike Pence.

Two major closing announcements in Philadelphia in June will cost more than 3,000 people their jobs.

Despite a legal aid group asking the commonwealth court to grant an injunction, a small cash assistance for the poor has ended, effective Thursday.