Pennsylvania

Halloween is just around the corner, but there is something far scarier in the halls of the Pennsylvania Capitol than any zombie that com ...

On average before they graduate high school, American kids sit in class without their regular teacher for what adds up to most of a schoo ...

Ask any Pennsylvanian what he or she wants in life, and the answers will probably be remarkably similar: a great job, freedom to make cho ...

Logistics are still being worked out, but the district’s spokeswoman says officials will comply with the order and enroll the six t ...

Lancaster officials met for the first time this week since changes to the state’s City Revitalization & Improvement Zone, or ...

Older student refugees are slipping through the cracks — in part, some allege, because schools are breaking the law. About 17,00 ...

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.