HARRISBURG — Critics of the way Pennsylvania finances charter and cyber-charter schools renewed their call for changes Wednesday, while charter-school advocates said a s...
Favors, jobs part of investigation
HARRISBURG — State inspectors have concluded that three top officials at the Pennsylvania Liquor Control board accepted gifts and favor...
HARRISBURG — A bill that would relax the qualifications for employees at religiously affiliated child-care centers in Pennsylvania won the approval of the state Senate E...
PITTSBURGH — Former state Sen. Jane Orie's request to be released on bail while appealing her conviction on campaign corruption charges has been denied.
Orie's attorney ...
ALIQUIPPA — Two men have been ordered to stand trial in the death of an elderly Western Pennsylvania man beaten during a home invasion.
A report says 22-year-old Beau Ch...
Defense lawyers set to raise issue
The defense in Jerry Sandusky’s child sexual abuse trial is suggesting that a personality disorder explains some of the charges against...
Sandusky trial moves quickly
BELLEFONTE — The child molestation trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky could be in jurors’ hands before the en...
PHILADELPHIA — Gross revenue from table games was up 7.4 percent last month compared to a year ago, boosted by the second full month of play at the state’s newest casino...
Tougher rules take effect
HARRISBURG — Nearly all of the state’s abortion clinics are expected to remain open under a tougher law that raises surgical standards as a resp...
PITTSBURGH — Former Pittsburgh-area state Sen. Jane Orie wants to be released on bail while she appeals her conviction on campaign corruption charges.
Orie’s attorney re...
