PA State News

HARRISBURG — The decades-long battle for paid parental leave in the U.S. has moved in fits and starts, with 13 states and the District of Columbia cur...

HARRISBURG — State Sen. John Kane, D‑Chester/Delaware, co‑chair of the bipartisan Nuclear Energy Caucus, has introduced a resolution recognizing Dec. ...

YORK — With more than 2.3 million Pennsylvanians age 65 and older behind the wheel, state officials gathered at White Rose Senior Center during Older ...

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HARRISBURG (TNS) — Winter cold is hitting Pennsylvania late this week and into next week as the region begins an “abnormally long stretch of cold weat...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — For the second time in three decades, Pennsylvania’s wine and spirit sales have dropped. Total sales for the 2024-25 fiscal year in...

HARRISBURG — The Department of Human Services (DHS) announced the 2025-26 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) season will begin taking ...

HARRISBURG — One budget, two narratives. As Gov. Josh Shapiro spent his holiday weekend touting the policy wins baked into the long overdue state budg...

ALTOONA — Health care workers in Altoona held a vigil Monday night to demand increased safety for hospital employees. The event came weeks after UPMC ...

HARRISBURG — A new partnership between the Pennsylvania Treasury Department and Gift of College provides family and friends the ability to purchase gi...

HARRISBURG – Responding to the tragic death of 2-year-old Oakley Hedlund in Bradford earlier this year, Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, has introdu...

(TNS) — Despite more than a third of women reporting moderate to severe menopause symptoms in 2021, few sought treatment, according to a new study by ...

(TNS) — State police Corporal Joshua Mack is suing the Pennsylvania State Police in federal court, arguing that he lost a lucrative position on the go...

(TNS) — What was once the centerpiece of Pennsylvania’s clean energy push is dead. Long live clean energy? Although not quite with the speed of royal ...

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STATE COLLEGE (TNS) — The Penn State trustees’ recently updated bylaws that limit board members’ press interactions raise serious First Amendment conc...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Like a symphony that each orchestra plays a little bit differently, the installation of the Pennsylvania Capitol’s Christmas tree i...

HARRISBURG — With food banks reporting major increases in demand even before the battle to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program last mon...