States are absorbing substantial increases in health care costs for the poor, as they realize that the people remaining on ...

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While education funding increases in the proposed Pennsylvania state budget still do not meet the rising expenses of local ...

No matter if you are talking to Republicans or Democrats, the unions or the business chambers— many in Harrisburg say the key ...

The governor's budget plan also calls for closure of two state-run community corrections facilities for an additional $10 ...

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro called President Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. have an ownership position in the Gaza ...

A man on Pennsylvania’s death row was found deceased in their cell on Tuesday morning. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections says Tam Le, 53, was found unresponsive at ...

Two attorneys with backgrounds as judges in Chester County have been confirmed to take their places on the Common Pleas Court ...

Shapiro’s new “Lightning Plan” is an attempt to alter Pennsylvania’s energy mix by including more solar and wind.

Tuesday, the state Senate approved Senate Bill 186, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Regulation Abrogation Act, which ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget plan continues to ramp up investment in Pennsylvania’s underfunded K-12 schools, adding more than ...