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They warn sweeping spending cuts across multiple federal agencies threaten research and advances in public health across the world.
Computing facilities require lots of water to operate, putting the burden of allocating resources on municipalities.
Since 1970, more than 75,000 miners have died of black lung disease.
In an office overlooking downtown Erie, Pennsylvania, Saeed Taraky pulls a pen from a box beside his desk.
Members of Congress and their families are no strangers to threats, which have steadily risen for years, including attacks and shootings.
The House Health Committee passed legislation to provide blood pressure monitors and promote partners’ involvement during pregnancy.
Virginians who hold a permit to carry a concealed handgun can keep it on their persons or in their cars when visiting Pennsylvania.
An exception to governmental immunity created to give victims legal recourse isn’t limited to school employees, the court finds.
People in Grove City are concerned that the landfill will accept oil and gas waste and further pollute nearby waterways.
The drive at the state level to curb cellphone use in the classroom has been bipartisan.
It marked the first time since 1965 that a president deployed the National Guard to a state over the governor’s objections.
Two data center campuses will be located in Bucks and Luzerne counties.
Fueled by misinformation, state Senate Bill 508 aims at a largely conceptual field of climate research.
She addressed a number of topics during a Q&A in Philadelphia.
The Rev. Ron Zeigler has a proposition for Pennsylvania lawmakers: Take a minute from your busy day, sit with him and let him pray for you.
Gov. Josh Shapiro prioritized controling cyber charter costs, but he’s also backed tax-funding private school scholarships.
He also had praise for Democratic Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker's efforts to combat addiction in the state's largest city.
“Jobs and factories will come roaring back to our country,” he told a crowd in the White House Rose Garden
Most states launched child abuse prevention curricula as Pennsylvania’s lawmakers sat on bills to create it.
“Their return to local control is an opportunity to put into practice everything they have learned about effective governance," Suski said.
