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HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced weekly webinar offerings to help celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month ...

HARRISBURG – The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the classroom and how schools are adapting programs to prepare students for changing workforce...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) continues to build momentum, with fall 2025 enrollment climbing to 83,000 studen...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Pennsylvania State Police (PSP), Pennsylvania Turnpike (PA Turnpike) and Pennsylvani...

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HARRISBURG (TNS) — Police were called to Matthew Ruth’s York County home six times in the last eight years for mental health issues and outbursts befo...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced that the Pennsylvania Treasury Department’s Budget Bridge Loan program will now accept app...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — It won’t be long until the 2026 Pa. Farm Show kicks off in January. Preparations are underway for the week-long event from Jan. 10 ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Even though he and state lawmakers are tangled in a months-long budget stalemate, Gov. Josh Shapiro can point to strong support fro...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The world's first academic center dedicated to horror studies has officially opened at the University of Pittsburgh. The Horror Stu...

ERIE — At this week’s Municipal Leadership Summit, the Pennsylvania Municipal League and the Career Fire Chiefs Association announced a brand new cred...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced that Treasury’s INVEST PA program, formerly called INVEST, will see significant changes fo...

Scott Davis, chairman of the Cybersecurity Association of Pennsylvania (PennCyber), announced the official start of Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Office of Public-Private Partnerships (P3) announced it is accepting unsolicited ...

HARRISBURG – For decades, cremation has been on the rise as the preferred method of disposition in the United States. As many embrace more environment...

HARRISBURG — After a heated floor debate, the final bill in a series of proposed gun control measures failed in the Pennsylvania House of Representati...

HARRISBURG – An advocacy group made up of physicians is drawing attention to the consequences of industry beyond the known impact to property values a...

HARRISBURG — Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward, R-39, Majority Leader Joe Pittman, R-41, and Appropriations Chair Scott Martin, R-13, announced th...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — They dove and snorkeled in the Mercer County portion of the Shenango River the second week of September to locate Pennsylvania's ra...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — As the state budget impasse continues into its fourth month, top leaders seem to be growing farther apart on how to move past the s...