Pennsylvania

The Senate voted 54-45 to approve Paul Matey to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, giving the court a majority of Republican appointees.

This year, voters in Pennsylvania will elect judges, county commissioners, district attorneys, mayors, school board members and other local leaders.

Jurors will be taken to Allegheny County for the trial of Michael Rosfeld, a former Pittsburgh police officer charged with criminal homicide for the death of Antwon Rose II.

Support for career and technical education happens to be one of the only work-related areas where Pennsylvania Republicans and Democrats agree.

In order to change the size of the House or Senate, the chambers would have to sign off on a constitutional amendment.

Throughout his life, here and in his native country, Philip Jaisohn was a champion of Korean independence and social equality.

The team has been Pennsylvania champion in its skill level for eight straight years, but this is its first chance at the Special Olympics World Games.

Students in rural Pennsylvania face two big obstacles to college completion: cost and access. A new college is out to change that.

A bill scheduled for a vote this week would give the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission the power to demand the return of records with historical value.

Students have spent two months preparing for their biggest performance of the year: ceili dancing for tens of thousands and a live TV audience.

A state utility regulator sent a 33-page memo analyzing policy options to legislators who are drafting a bill to rescue two of the state’s five plants.

Pennsylvania is looking for new ways to fight the invasive spotted lanternfly, nearly five years after it was first discovered in Berks County.

Montgomery County Republicans will decide in the party primary whether to back county Commissioner Joe Gale, who beat party leaders four years ago.

The arrests follow tightened security to prevent smuggling — much of which officials have blamed on inmates and outside friends and family.

In a recent health committee hearing, the Republican U.S. Senator said vaccines shouldn’t be mandatory, and suggested they give people a false sense of security.