HARRISBURG — Thousands of faculty members at Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities would receive annual pay raises of 3.5 to 7 percent over three years under a prop...
HARRISBURG — A state report shows Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate shot to its highest point since October 2010, as unemployment grew faster than the labor force.
The s...
Conn. shooting spurred the ban
DOVER, Pa. — A school district in central Pennsylvania is reconsidering a new policy change that prevents parents from having lunch with el...
A district attorney investigating the death of a 12-year-old suburban Philadelphia student after a brief altercation in the school yard said Tuesday the boy was punched ...
Gov. Tom Corbett and his wife, Susan, accepted gifts including seats at professional sporting events, tickets to a gala for the Philadelphia Orchestra and private jet tr...
ERIE — A suspended state trooper has pleaded no contest to charges that he drove while intoxicated and killed a man.
An Erie newspaper reports that 36-year-old Jeffrey D...
Pa. officials look to shut nearly half
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Corbett’s Department of Health wants to close nearly half of Pennsylvania’s 60 health centers and lay off som...
HARRISBURG — The University of Pittsburgh will take on a big role in preserving and exhibiting the late Arlen Specter’s massive collection of papers, photographs and rec...
NEW YORK — Heinz CEO William Johnson is entitled to a golden parachute worth $56 million if he’s fired by the company’s new owners.
Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway an...
Lawmakers want charter reforms
HARRISBURG — Some lawmakers on Monday called for stronger state regulation of Pennsylvania’s charter and cyber-charter schools, while other...
