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HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania students receive more than 230 text messages a day, many during school hours, according to Pennsylvania School Boards Associ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Foragers have been harvesting wild mushrooms in what is now Pennsylvania and the rest of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region for centuries,...

HARRISBURG — The dream? You win the lottery, and all of your financial worries melt away. For Pennsylvania’s lottery winners, the big break can come w...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) encourages Pennsylvanians to nominate an outstanding educator to be the Commonwealth’s 202...

HARRISBURG – There’s an old saying that only two things in life are certain: death and taxes. Perhaps Pennsylvania’s hopelessly gridlocked Legislature...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Tucked inside the Capitol behind two layers of security is a small room where big decisions affecting all Pennsylvanians are made. ...

(TNS) — Two central Pennsylvania congressional Republicans have earned the distinction of consistently voting in support of policies endorsed by Presi...

HARRISBURG — About two weeks after receiving the proposal, the University of Pennsylvania announced it would not be joining the Trump Administration’s...

As Pennsylvania’s state budget remains unsigned, superintendents across McKean County are sounding the alarm with precise warnings about cash flow, bo...

HARRISBURG – Sen. Gene Yaw, R-23, chairman of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, along with several members of the Senate Republ...

(TNS) — A newly formed, multistate coalition represents the largest coordinated pushback to federal public health guidance under Health Secretary Robe...

HARRISBURG — Even as the federal government sits at a standstill, states are eyeing up opportunities for funding made available in July’s Congressiona...

(TNS) — Pennsylvania's 10 state-owned universities have requested a 5% increase in their 2026 state appropriation as they still wait on lawmakers to a...

HARRISBURG — The era of the data center has arrived, and with it comes a hefty assortment of House bills aimed at regulating the new tech infrastructu...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced that funds have been released to the first three organizations approved for funding throug...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick joined school choice advocates in Pittsburgh on Tuesday to urge Pennsylvania to opt into a federal program...

HARRISBURG – Surging electricity demand, an aging grid, and generation sources retiring faster than new ones can be built have become some of the nati...

HARRISBURG – A loved one dies. More often than not, employers may offer full-time workers a few days of paid bereavement leave or take an understandin...

HARRISBURG – An emergency responder wants to disband Teamsters representation at her station in southwestern Pennsylvania. It’s one of a handful of ca...

HARRISBURG — For months, the looming threat of higher insurance premiums has hung over the commonwealth, while at the federal level, affordable health...