Pennsylvania

Almost three weeks into a statewide disaster declaration, a new Opioid Operations Command Center is up and running.

There are a few signs of progress, a week into the three-week period established by the state Supreme Court for lawmakers to produce a replacement congressional district map.

Pennsylvania state Rep. Greg Vitali is the 7th Democrat to announce a run for U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan's congressional seat.

The party that has wielded broad power in the General Assembly in recent years looks to also have far more open seats to defend in 2018.

A proposed coal mine is moving forward in southwestern Pennsylvania after its operator reached a settlement with an environmental group.

Scientists might have found a new way to combat white-nose syndrome, a disease caused by a fungus killing millions of bats in the U.S. and Canada.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has changed his mind regarding a high-profile school funding lawsuit.

“I don’t know if there’s a smoking gun here but there sure is a lot of smoke,” said Eric Friedman, a Delaware County landowner.

With eight bids to go, the state has already made $90 million of the $100 million dollars it earmarked in the state budget.

The commonwealth has 156 prisoners on death row and according to filings, 80 percent of them have been there more than a decade.

In all three of the suburban Congressional races in the Philly suburbs, the Democratic field includes a woman with a military or national security background.

The Delaware County Republican is the fifth member of Congress to resign or abandon re-election amid a national reckoning over sexual misconduct in the workplace.

The decision is considered a victory for low-wage workers, particularly those who turn to the 'gig economy' to support themselves after losing full-time employment.

Republican state lawmakers are asking the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay on the state court decision earlier this week.