Pa. lawmakers work on plan
HARRISBURG — Consumers bracing for sticker shock when electric-rate caps expire in a few years could get some relief as part of a state budget ...
27 look for spot in Miss America
NAZARETH — The 2008 Miss Pennsylvania pageant will feature a larger field of contestants than in past years.
Twenty-seven young women wil...
3 veteran judges are nominated
HARRISBURG — Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell on Friday nominated three veteran judges and a former top aide to Gov. Tom Ridge in a deal with Rep...
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's special-education funding formula is under attack in a federal lawsuit that claims it shortchanges needy urban school districts.
A Pittsburgh...
HARRISBURG — State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-12th, refused to retreat Thursday from controversial remarks he made on the House floor.
Metcalfe, who represents the southern...
HARRISBURG — Environmental and sportsmen's groups are asking the state to require 100 feet of green buffers between waterways and any new development.
The groups said bu...
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania health officials have confirmed a fifth case of salmonella linked to a national outbreak involving tainted tomatoes.
State Health Department sp...
Metcalfe protests vote on group
HARRISBURG — State lawmakers Wednesday held up voting on a resolution in recognition of a Muslim group's upcoming convention after a legis...
NEW KENSINGTON — A pregnant woman and a truck driver are dead after a car collided with a tractor-trailer in Westmoreland County.
The coroner says 24-year-old Becky Lee ...
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh will recognize long-term commitments of unmarried partners, allowing both gay and straight couples to share employee benefits.
The bill passed Tu...
