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A study by the Violence Policy Center in Washington, D.C. now reveals the Homicide Victimization rate for African Americans in Pennsylvania is nearly six times the national overall homicide rate.
A Mega Millions ticket worth $250,000 from the Jan. 24th drawing was sold in Berks County at Morgantown Beverage.
William DeWeese, still a member of the state House, is a former House speaker, and was Democratic leader when the state attorney general's office says he allegedly used state resources for campaign purposes.
Pennsylvania has become the last state in the nation to require people receiving unemployment benefits to actively look for a job.
Property tax bills in Philadelphia use 32-percent, but the state says Philadelphia's ratio should be much lower -- 18.1 percent. The city is asking the state to reconsider.
The Mauris from Lancaster, Pennsylvania got married in September. They say they waited to book their honeymoon until now because they wanted something to look forward to. It was supposed to be a trip of their lifetime. Instead, they returned home grateful to be alive.
Pennsylvania lawmakers return to the state capitol this week to begin the second year of their two-year legislative session with several major issues carrying over from year one.
Opponents of natural gas drilling in Northeastern Pennsylvania came to Philadelphia on Friday, demanding that the EPA administrator order fresh water deliveries to their town.
A northeastern Pennsylvania woman claims she was fired from her job for wearing a prosthetic penis to work while contemplating gender reassignment.
The Pennsylvania Welfare Department has confounded anti-hunger groups by reinstating an asset test for recipients of food stamps.
Republican State Senator John Rafferty has suspended his campaign for attorney general after Governor Corbett endorsed his only opponent for the GOP nomination, Cumberland County DA David Freed.
A group of Democratic state lawmakers is making the latest attempt to jump-start the issue of raising more money for roads, bridges and mass transit in Pennsylvania.
As expected, Governor Corbett has put a freeze on some state spending as state revenues continue to lag.
Police officer fatalities seem to be on the rise across the nation.
New requirements and restrictions are going into effect for teenage drivers in Pennsylvania.
A bill that could mean expensive facility and staff expansions for clinics that perform abortions in Pennsylvania became state law Thursday after a bitter fight in the Legislature over how to respond to grotesque conditions discovered at a Philadelphia clinic last year.
At meetings of the Delaware River Port Authority, staffers from Governor Chris Christie's office are routinely on hand, and they're paid by the DRPA for their time. It's a practice one Pennsylvania board member is not too happy with.
A Pennsylvania man admitted repeatedly punching and kicking his wife's 2-year-old daughter because he believed the girl was a spoiled princess.
Governor Tom Corbett is expected to sign a bill on the way to his desk designed to close loopholes in Pennsylvania's Megan's Law.
A northeastern Pennsylvania woman is dead after she was struck while apparently chasing her loose dog.
The main provision of the bill will allow beer distributors to be open on Sundays from 9am to 9pm, instead of noon to five.
Marie Buonanno has boxes of holiday lights to decorate her house. She already has one tree up in her living room and a nativity scene. But this holiday season, she would not dare decorate outside.
The push to change the way Pennsylvania awards its electoral votes in presidential elections appears to have stalled.
As the state legislature continues its efforts to send him a bill that would impose "impact fees" on natural gas drillers in Pennsylvania, Governor Corbett now finds himself on the wrong side of an anti-tax crusader.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has signed death warrants for two more inmates on death row, although the state last executed someone in 1999.
