Pennsylvania

Gov. Tom Wolf is vetoing budget-season legislation to substantially ramp up taxpayer support for private and religious schools in Pennsylvania.

The measures are part of the second phase of Pennsylvania's Justice Reinvestment Initiative — or JRI.

Lawmakers are weighing different bills that would require Pennsylvanians to wait until age 18 – or 21 – before making some major life decisions.

The second fire at US Steel's Clairton plant in six months could send SO2 levels up again.

The rage in the state Capitol right now is the surplus that state government rolled up in the almost-ended fiscal year, helped by strong corporate and sales tax collections.

House Bill 629 passed the house and currently sits in the Senate Insurance and Banking Committee, where past versions of this bill have all stalled. 

After criticism of its handling of Mariner East, the commission said the ‘time is ripe’ to enhance rules.

Many of Pennsylvania's voting machines only record votes electronically.

The General Assistance program gives small sums of cash — roughly $200 a month — to the poorest people in Pa. who don't have dependents and don't qualify for other assistance.

A retired federal judge best known for sending two corrupt judges to prison for their role in a notorious Pennsylvania juvenile justice scandal has died.

Drivers in Bucks and Montgomery counties account for $2 million in unpaid Pa. Turnpike tolls. The most egregious scofflaws could face criminal charges.

Public school advocates argue overall, charter schools route too much money from traditional districts.  

A Pennsylvania court has ruled that an evolving legal landscape means a woman can pursue her lawsuit claiming church officials worked to conceal her alleged molestation.

About half the commonwealth's municipalities and 20 percent of its population would be affected.

Pennsylvania Senate may tighten rules on doctors using buprenorphine.