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Citing potential decreases to public school funding, Democrats, education advocates, and unions oppose a bill that would create "lifeline scholarships."

Pennsylvania’s Democratic-controlled House of Representatives approved a measure by a close vote Tuesday that would raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2026.

Rainfall has slowed across central Pennsylvania, leading the Department of Environmental Protection to declare a drought watch.

All seven bodies have been recovered from the site of a powerful explosion at a chocolate factory in a small town in eastern Pennsylvania.

A week after he was a surprise choice to become speaker of the state House of Representatives, Democratic state Rep. Mark Rozzi on Monday canceled sessions for the rest of the week after failing to reach a deal on his primary legislative priority.

Gov. Tom Wolf will wrap up eight years in office next month, having steered Pennsylvania through unpredictable times when the Democrat made life-and-death decisions in the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic and managed the battleground state’s presidential election amid unprecedented Republican efforts to overturn it.

Seleda Simmons is used to making things happen, even when the money isn’t there.Simmons said her two-year old nonprofit has put its energy into the community rather than obtaining grants. And whenever her group came up short, she put her own money into the effort because it was always worth it.

Pennsylvania’s new fiscal year began last Friday, but state lawmakers and the Wolf Administration have yet to agree to a new spending plan. Both Republicans and Democrats appear hopeful a deal will be finalized this week.

A school district in Lancaster County is considering a policy to bar transgender students from competing in teams that correspond to their gender.