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“We must never allow this unprecedented abuse of power to happen again.”

The law will require better addiction treatment for prison inmates, and divert some offenders into rehab programs instead of jail.

Texas-based pipeline builder Energy Transfer faces 48 criminal charges related to construction of its Mariner East pipeline project.

Upset at leaks about a federal investigation of the PSERS pension fund, board leaders have cut off other board members from legal briefings.

The fire last weekend is considered suspicious, and investigators are looking into it.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has widened the federal scrutiny of Pennsylvania’s mammoth public school pension plan.

“They can be prosecuted up to 25 years in prison if they’re convicted of running a trafficking ring. So it puts teeth."

The FBI and federal prosecutors launched a criminal probe of the $70 billion PSERS plan in March.

About 7,000 prisoners will still be counted as residents of the districts where their prisons are located.

“And unfortunately, the vast majority of the changes have been for the worse, not for the better."