STATE COLLEGE — The Penn State trustee who fired Joe Paterno over the phone is leaving the board.
John Surma was vice chairman of the board of trustees when he told Pate...
Senate Dem criticizes Corbett's liquor plan
HARRISBURG — Republican Gov. Tom Corbett’s liquor privatization plan could result in many more retailers selling beer and wine...
Accountant: Taxpayers were cheated
PITTSBURGH — The prosecution rested in the corruption trial of suspended state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin and her aide and ...
PITTSBURGH — The Allegheny County Airport Authority is expected to approve a $500 million deal with Consol Energy for rights to drill for natural gas and oil at Pittsbur...
PHILADELPHIA — An assault trial over a fight that cost a man his left eye ended in a mistrial Wednesday when his prosthetic eye popped out as he was testifying, startlin...
Gov. Tom Corbett unveils proposal
HARRISBURG — An ambitious budget proposal released Tuesday by Gov. Tom Corbett would boost Pennsylvania's core state government spending...
Here are highlights of Gov. Tom Corbett’s 2013-14 proposed budget for the year that starts July 1:
TAXES
Phases in an increase on the wholesale tax that gas stations...
BLOOMSBURG — Bloomsburg University officials say a 77-year-old political science professor collapsed at the start of her class and died.
A newspaper reports students in...
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Corbett laid out a strategy Tuesday for reining in pension costs for Pennsylvania state and school employees that would reduce future benefits for ...
Ruling allows trial to go on
PITTSBURGH — A judge has rejected a request for a mistrial by the defense attorneys for suspended state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvi...
