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Back to school during a pandemic is ratcheting up the stress to new heights for parents, students, and teachers.
More than 100 high school athletes and their supporters rallied on the state Capitol’s steps Thursday to deliver a simple message.
The declaration, which Wolf has renewed every 90 days since January 2018, gives the state additional leeway to combat substance abuse.
During this pandemic, nostalgia has been tugging at my heart, mostly when it comes to parenting.
They do the grunt work of elections, making sure voters are registered and correctly identified.
The Farm Show has never been cancelled in its 104-year history, continuing even through the disruptions of two world wars.
A trio of Pennsylvania’s top Democratic elected officials pushed Tuesday for full funding for the U.S. Postal Service.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Tuesday that he will halt a series of sweeping policy changes to the U.S. Postal Service.
While in search of roads to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Pennsylvania’s roads and transit systems are suffering.
Pennsylvanians will soon be able to download a phone app that will alert them if they’ve had close contact with a COVID-19 patient.
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman has rightfully crowed about the changes he’s made to Pennsylvania’s formerly Byzantine pardons process.
A Senate oversight panel will hear from the postmaster general on Friday about sweeping policy changes at the U.S. Postal Service.
A thousand more could join their ranks if the state doesn’t provide at least $200 million to aid the child care sector.
RGGI is a 10-state cap-and-trade program designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the electric power sector.
In the early, 1980s David Brin wrote the novel “The Postman” about an America ravaged by war, economic calamity, and a plague.
The survey was conducted nationally from July 27 – Aug. 2, interviewing 11,001 adults from Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel.
Even in the darkness of Donald Trump’s dystopia, the enduring promise of America has still flickered.
Amid a pandemic, encouraged by lawmakers and advocates, they flocked to the option.
Officials in Republican-controlled Lebanon County have struck a deal to free up $12.8 million in federal CARES Act assistance.
I read House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff’s recent column on the need to prioritize our children’s safety, not politicize it.