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(TNS) — Pennsylvania's higher education institutions and students are feeling the effects of the state's 100-plus-day budget impasse in their pocketbo...

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(TNS) — An independent monitor has asked federal officials to ensure consumers don’t get stuck with the bill if the electric grid can’t handle power n...

PITTSUBURGH (TNS) — Stacy Garrity continues to hammer Gov. Josh Shapiro's rising national profile as she looks to take over the executive seat in Harr...

Fentanyl may be top of mind as the opioid epidemic continues to ravage Pennsylvania families, but the roots of the problem remain firmly embedded in p...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry announced the launch of its inaugural “PA Small Business of the Year” awards, a statewi...

HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration shared the importance of driver safety with young drivers at high schools across the commonwealth duri...

HARRISBURG – When asked about America’s political problems, voters often point to money in politics, from astronomical campaign spending to self-inter...

HARRISBURG — The Senate Law and Justice Committee, chaired by Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-49, approved legislation sponsored by Laughlin on Tuesday focused o...

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HARRISBURG (TNS) — The Republican-led Pennsylvania Senate sent a $47.9 billion spending plan to the state House on Tuesday, but the proposal was dead ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Providing healthcare in the U.S. comes with an annual $1 trillion paperwork burden — making an inviting target for entrepreneurs se...

HARRISBURG  — Since July 1, taxpayers have given the state roughly $89 million each day, even as months have passed without any of it going into the p...

HARRISBURG — One function of the federal Department of Education historically has been to hear and pursue complaints of civil rights violations in sch...

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...