Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, D, has vowed to use his veto pen to block Republican efforts to restrict abortions in the state. He had already done so three times before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Amid a growing population of youth experiencing mental health crises, as well as another spate of mass shootings around the country, Pennsylvania lawmakers are prioritizing mental health services in this year’s budget by approving a first-time line item of $100 million for …

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf joined state lawmakers and senior care advocacy groups on Monday to celebrate roughly $515 million allocated for long-term care and nursing facilities as part of the state budget he signed into law last week.

Pennsylvania’s newly approved state budget raises funding for gun violence prevention initiatives, but Pennsylvania lawmakers have failed to act on any preventative legislation to address the growing gun violence crisis the past few months.

As some states move to restrict or ban abortion following last month’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is looking to protect out-of-state individuals seeking the procedure in the commonwealth.

A small nonprofit — launched by a suburban mother of three during the early, restless days of the pandemic — set out on a mission in summer 2020 to add more skateparks to Delaware County.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration has awarded the Delaware County Workforce Development Board a $1.5 million Pathway Home Program grant.

There is still no timeline or a price tag, but the mission to restore passenger rail service from Reading to Philadelphia has finally kicked into gear.

Teenagers in New Jersey can now work longer hours during the summer thanks to a law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy.

Thirty nonprofit groups in New Jersey are expected to receive grants totaling $17.5 million to support the state’s restaurant industry while battling hunger at the same time.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday rejected three bills passed by the Republican majority Legislature, vetoing measures regarding transgender athletes in school sports and poll watchers.

ALBANY, N.Y. — As missed warning signs pile up in investigations of mass killings, New York state is rolling out a novel strategy to screen applicants for gun permits. People seeking to carry concealed handguns will be required to hand over their social media accounts for a review of their “…

HARRISBURG — Republican state senators outvoted impassioned Democratic opposition late Thursday to advance a proposal to add language to the Pennsylvania Constitution stating explicitly that the document does not guarantee any rights relating to abortion or public funding of abortions.

The former Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 withdrew from the police force of a tiny Pennsylvania town on Thursday amid community backlash and media scrutiny over his hiring.

HARRISBURG, Pa.— Pennsylvania lawmakers hoped to start wrapping up the state budget Thursday, but Senate Republican leaders issued an ominous statement about a potential deadlock one week after the annual spending plan was due to be completed.

WASHINGTON — For some of the Washington, D.C., residents who reported for jury duty last month, a pro-Trump mob's assault on the U.S. Capitol felt like a personal attack.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Most Pennsylvania lawmakers were absent from the state Capitol on Tuesday, five days into the new budget year without a state government spending agreement in place.

U.S. Postal trucks travel to every town, back country road, suburban cul-de-sac, and city street in the country, delivering cards, bills, and packages. With all their stopping and starting, they also emit tons of climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions, along with dangerous air pollutants t…

NEW YORK — Two former supervisors in the New York Police Department’s troubled sex-crimes division were disciplined in recent months amid an internal affairs investigation into misconduct by the unit’s leadership, according to department records posted online.

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey's Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed two bills Friday aiming to protect the right of those from outside the state to get abortion services within its borders and barring extradition of people involved in reproductive health care services should they face charges in…