Fed OK sought for expansion
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania state Senate approved legislation to require Gov. Tom Corbett to seek federal approval for an expansion of Medic...
HARRISBURG — A number of legislators who represent Butler County backed the 2013-14 state budget, which takes effect today.
Gov. Tom Corbett signed the $28.4 billion bud...
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court got back up to full strength on Sunday with the unanimous confirmation in the state Senate of Correale Stevens, 66, as its newe...
PHILADELPHIA — Police say homicides in Philadelphia are on track to mark the lowest midyear total in nearly half a century.
Police had recorded 115 homicides as of Frida...
Pa. senators pass bill early Saturday
HARRISBURG — Republican state senators won a key vote early Saturday morning on a provision to allow private store sales of wine and...
PITTSBURGH — University of Pittsburgh chancellor Mark Nordenberg says he's stepping down from that post next August, but he hopes to remain at the school as a professor....
State lawmakers face Monday budget deadline
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania state lawmakers were returning Saturday to the Capitol for a sixth-straight day as the Republican ma...
Flooding plagues state
PITTSBURGH — Pennsylvania was blanketed with thunderstorm and flood advisories as storms doused the state Friday and contributed to the weather woe...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s budget tripled in the last fiscal year, but $17 million in future funding is endangered, because it’s contingent on the ...
Heavy rains flood DuBois
DUBOIS — Heavy rains flooded DuBois and other parts of west-central Pennsylvania on Thursday afternoon, after several inches of rain followed two...
