Pennsylvania

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Advocates want an amendment that would ensure victims' legal rights in the state constitution, just as defendants' rights are. Gov. Wolf supports it. The ACLU does not.

York County Rep. Stan Saylor, who heads the pivotal House Appropriations Committee, noted that returns are stronger than expected, and the state's on track for a surplus.

After signing a deal with a supplier, new voting machines that have a paper trail as a back-up will make Montgomery County debut in May 2019 primary.

In Maryland, a recent request to remove guns ended with a man's death.

Foster children who live in residential facilities in Pa. suffered physical and verbal abuse in hundreds of documented cases between 2010 and 2018, according to a new report.

Pa. wants to shed labels and reduce the importance of test scores with its new accountability tool. But will it alienate parents in the process?

Pennsylvania is considering holding more naloxone giveaways after finding even more demand than officials had planned for at a recent event.

Though it’s cleaner than in the 1970s, the plant is still one of the biggest sources of air pollution in all of Western Pennsylvania.

The blast happened shortly after 6 p.m. at MarkWest’s Houston Processing and Fractionation Facility at 800 Western Avenue in Chartiers Township.

The Department of Health's policy directs the use of intravenous doses, not the nasal spray.

Pennsylvania has a moratorium on executions, but the report from the Death Penalty Information Center finds prosecutors are driving a drop in death sentences.

Pennsylvania environmental officials have come out with a plan to reduce leaks from thousands of the state’s oil and gas wells.

The Toomey-Manchin gun control bill that fell just a few votes shy of passage after the Sandy Hook shooting may get a fresh chance in 2019.

More than 5,100 kits were made available at 80 health clinics, libraries and public spaces across Pennsylvania.