Pennsylvania

Erie Bishop Lawrence Persico has been outspoken about the sexual abuse scandals that have stained the Catholic Church. Even he is taking a wait-and-see approach.

One of Governor Tom Wolf’s perennially-unsuccessful policy suggestions may face better odds this year.

The Turnpike Commission is behind on payments to the state amid a lawsuit over its rising tolls.

Gimmickry overtakes a play bombarded by on-stage directions and a prescribed lack of rehearsal.

The controversy has raised the question of what takes precedent: the safety and security of prisons or the protection of attorney-client privilege?

At an annual budget hearing in Harrisburg, Corrections Secretary John Wetzel reaffirmed the policy is staying put.

Police found a Pennsylvania woman and her teenage daughter in an apartment with the bodies of five relatives they had killed, including three children.

The state says there's no evidence its voting machines have ever been hacked. So why is Pa. forcing all 67 counties to buy new ones to the tune of $120 million?

In January, Wolf issued a new proposal to raise Pennsylvania's hourly minimum to $12 this year, making it one of the highest in the nation.

Critics say promises won’t make the cross-state pipeline project any safer.

The issue is expected to come up during education department budget hearings.

Pittsburgh researchers are working on potentially cheaper ways to capture carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants.

Pennsylvania's Human Relations Act grants certain groups of people extra legal protection against discrimination. One group it misses? LGBTQ+ people.

The woman who sued natural gas driller Range Resources over alleged air and water contamination at her Mt. Pleasant, Pa. home, testified before an investigative grand jury.

The DOC has confirmed it will stop photocopying inmates’ legal mail and go back to giving them original copies.