Pennsylvania

In the Jewish tradition of shemira, the deceased are comforted until burial. This piece is part of our “Bodies” ...

The Pennsylvania school code says teacher layoff decisions can only be made according to who has the least seniority. The Republic ...

And they don’t pay a dime for it. All taxpayers in Pennsylvania pay for the state police, and the state police serves all ta ...

A bust made out of bacon. An M&M mosaic of football hall-of-famer and Pennsylvania native Joe Montana. Conshohocken couple Marie Pelt ...

Things have changed for people who resettle refugees, and their clients. Even in states like Pennsylvania, where the governor supports re ...

Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, is hundreds of miles from the boardwalk and the beach, but mere steps from the Susquehanna River. And while n ...

Recently, about a hundred hardy souls paddled down the Schuylkill River, from the quiet banks of Schuylkill Haven to the skyscrapers of P ...

Can you have flood protection and river access? One city found a way — at a steep price.

Pennsylvania cities are investing in their waterfronts, improving public access and hoping economic benefits will follow. But getting there is complicated.

On a recent weekend stroll at Point State Park, in Pittsburgh, visitors sunned themselves in the grass and along the low walls of the par ...

The first carved woodblock prints by Wharton Esherick, an artist who was a major figure in American crafts, have just been republished. T ...

Pennsylvania’s system for distributing its state education aid has been rated by some surveys as one of the most regressive in the ...

Short answer: it depends on the judge. Some legal scholars have long held that a bankruptcy judge can cut pension benefits because ...

Historian and blogger Michael Tolle recently moved away from his home of 36 years near the Schuylkill River valley, but that doesn’t me ...