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HARRISBURG — A bill that would establish a remote maternal health monitoring program has been referred to the Senate Health and Human Services committ...

HARRISBURG — Many of Pennsylvania’s warehouses are already “smart,” using robotics and advanced technology to increase efficiency. With new legislatio...

HARRISBURG — Focused on the growing mental and behavioral health crisis sweeping Pennsylvania and the nation, Justice Kevin M. Dougherty announced a s...

Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor announced the release of audits of several municipal and police pension plans in Elk, McKean and Potter counties, mo...

ERIE — Officials from the Pennsylvania Lottery presented a commemorative check to Nicole Walter, a Warren County woman who won more than $2 million on...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A team of Penn State graduate students recently placed first in the Northeast Weed Science Society’s annual “Weed Contest,” co-hoste...

HARRISBURG — A group of Pennsylvania legislators is taking action to address the rise in online child exploitation by introducing a resolution that de...

With Pennsylvania deer hunters seeing expanded opportunities to go afield this fall, a state senator proposes another change: allowing hunters to use ...

McKean County has been awarded 100 laptops — an estimated value of $290,000 — through a grant from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvan...

ERIE — National Fuel reminds homeowners and professional contractors to Call Before You Dig. Pennsylvania state law requires residents to call 811, a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Reps. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), co-chairs of the Congressional Career and Technical Educat...

CLAIRTON (AP) — Moments after an explosion erupted at a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, company firefighters, local responders and employees race...

HARRISBURG  — An alternative plan to increase Pennsylvania's mass transit funding using money set aside for system repairs and upgrades failed to impr...

HARRISBURG — After another round of votes on Tuesday, lawmakers are no closer to breaking the six-week gridlock on Pennsylvania’s overdue budget. This...

CLAIRTON — Officials have urged the press and community not to speculate about the cause of a deadly explosion at a U.S. Steel plant in Clairton, near...

HARRISBURG — Climate scientists anticipate the frequency and intensity of severe weather to continue increasing in the coming years. For many, these e...

CLEARFIELD — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) and Highway Safety Network (HSN) announced the i...

HARRISBURG — The Senate Majority Policy Committee convened at Valley View High School in Archbald to hear over three hours of testimony on the future ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Reps Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., Mark Alford, R-Mo., Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., have introduced the Growing Opp...

(TNS) — They got married in a hospital. Now the newlyweds are awaiting a heart transplant for the groom. Mallory DeRoss, 39, and Brian DeRoss, 54, sta...