PA State News

(TNS) — It feels like we’re paying more for nearly everything these days. Grocery, medical and utility bills rose significantly in 2025 amid ongoing c...

(TNS) — Rebecca Hersan needed to commute to college for her art education degree because of job obligations and a death in her family. When weighing h...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Irene Blair was expected to have another six to eight months to live in June, after her pancreatic cancer rapidly advanced to sta...

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s electrical grid is at a critical crossroads, buckling under the pressure of rising demand with not enough supply or time t...

HARRISBURG – Officials in Pennsylvania spent much of 2025 grappling with ways to modernize the state’s energy mix while preparing for a surge of new d...

WASHINGTON — The 2026 midterm elections promise to bring fierce competition as Democrats and Republicans battle for control of Congress. All 435 seats...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity encouraged Pennsylvanians to prioritize their financial health when planning their New Year’s resolu...

ERIE — National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp. has submitted its annual Purchased Gas Cost Filing as required by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commissi...

(Editor's note: This is part two of a three-part series that will conclude in The Era's next edition and online at bradfordera.com.)  ELK COUNTY — In ...

HARRISBURG – Coming in at more than $900 million of the state’s $50.1 billion budget, public education was the second largest spending area for the Pe...

HARRISBURG — In Pennsylvania, state officials, including the governor, much of his administration and the legislature, receive automatic annual cost-o...

HARRISBURG — As the federal government opens its coffers for rural health care initiatives across the country, Pennsylvania anticipates $193 million t...

(Editor's note: This is part one of a three-part series that will be continued in The Era's next two editions and online at bradfordera.com.)  WARREN ...

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s swing state status kept the commonwealth in the political spotlight in 2025, drawing repeat visits from the president and ...

(TNS) — Mary Jo Armstrong and her ex-husband, William, didn't exactly remarry for love. They remarried for health insurance. After 18 years of marriag...

(TNS) — Here in Pennsylvania, it’s a tradition to eat pork and sauerkraut on New Year’s Day. Germans, who migrated to the states brought along the rec...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Human trafficking networks are complex. But for more than a decade, artificial intelligence has helped one Pittsburgh startup unrav...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Gov. Josh Shapiro will soon become the top-earning governor in the U.S. after an automatic cost-of-living pay bump goes into effect...

PITTSBURGH — Allegheny County will use a controversial legal tool for involuntary mental health care in the community starting Jan. 1, according to a ...

A Luxembourg family’s appreciation of Pennsylvania’s 28th Infantry Division spans generations, and has led to a newly proposed monument in the histori...