New executive order will create 10,000 new jobs, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro
The governor came to Steamfitters Local Union 420 in Northeast Philadelphia to announce his Commonwealth Workforce Transformation Program.
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The governor came to Steamfitters Local Union 420 in Northeast Philadelphia to announce his Commonwealth Workforce Transformation Program.
Pennsylvania will direct up to $400 million in federal money to reimburse organizations that train new infrastructure workers on the job.
Pennsylvania will direct up to $400 million in federal money to reimburse organizations that train new infrastructure workers on the job.
Members of two large state employee unions are voting on proposed contracts with Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration.
Democratic lawmakers in Pennsylvania say they are angry that millions of dollars to expand adult mental health services got cut out of state spending legislation.
Lawyers for the school districts that sued in Pennsylvania say they want action now that Republican lawmakers aren't appealing a judge's ruling on funding.
Counties in Pennsylvania are preparing to get by without a quarterly state payment for some of the social services they carry out.
This week, CBS News Philadelphia covered the flooding in Berks County, the sinkhole in Upper Darby, how the Beyhive rallied behind a Temple grad student who received a kidney transplant, and Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour's first U.S. stop in Philly.
Record-breaking rainfall on Sunday led to catastrophic flooding across Berks County. The storm knocked out power for thousands.
Shapiro made the announcement at the Carnegie Free Library in Beaver Falls.
Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro called on the Republican-controlled Senate to return to the Pennsylvania Capitol to finalize a state spending plan, as the state government neared a week without full spending authority.
Shapiro has remained out of sight in the Capitol, but in a statement said he would issue a line-item veto.
The 2023-24 fiscal year begins Saturday, and Shapiro's signature on a new budget bill is required to maintain full spending authority.
Republicans who control Pennsylvania's Senate are planning to pass spending legislation ahead of Saturday's start of a new fiscal year, but they lack agreement with the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives.
The U.S. Small Business Administration may give low-interest loans to shops hurt by the I-95 collapse and its impact on traffic.
Gov. Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania's politically divided Legislature appear on track to start the state's new fiscal year without a spending plan in place.
Seventy-four percent approved his response, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll.
It has been just two weeks since Philadelphia was rocked by the collapse of I-95, but hard work by first responders and construction workers got the city back on track.
Businesses in the area of Northeast Philly are thankful to see more people coming through the door following the opening of the temporary lanes on I-95.
I-95 near Cottman Avenue is back open to traffic less than two weeks after a deadly collapse. Here's what traffic looked like.
The 1st fire truck to respond to the I-95 collapse drove on new temporary lanes Friday before the highway opened to drivers.
Shapiro was joined by Mayor Jim Kenney and other officials to discuss the reopening of I-95 in Philadelphia less than two weeks after a deadly collapse.
Shapiro was joined by Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and other officials to discuss the reopening of I-95. The highway will reopen at 12 p.m. Friday.
The votes come as a growing number of states are legalizing marijuana for adult non-medical use, including neighboring Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and New York.
The former head of Philadelphia's public defense lawyers has kicked off her campaign for Pennsylvania's Democratic Party primary field for attorney general.
