As unregulated artificial intelligence chatbots gain popularity and raise concerns about safety, state senators nearly unanimously passed a bill Tuesday aimed at regulating so-called AI companion ...

The state Department of Environmental Protection released a follow-up study that specifically examined landfill leachate, the ...

A newly enacted state law expanded Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation Act to include Post-Traumatic Stress Injury coverage for first responders, but some worry that it won’t be comprehensive enough ...

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Nearly one-third of U.S. children reported missing are Black, even though Black people constitute roughly 14% of the U.S. population.

Members of the state House Energy Committee heard testimony on two proposals that wouldn’t require any new power plants or ...

Since the beginning of 2025, dozens of Pennsylvania cities and counties have considered or passed legislation aimed at limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities or supporting immigrant ...

Sentencing for the Lancaster County teens who used artificial intelligence to generate nude images of their classmates is ...

Restoring transparency to Pennsylvania government BY: Bill Cotter - March 16, 2026 . Pennsylvanians deserve to know what their elected school and township sup ...

National Sunshine Week is a time to highlight the importance of open, transparent government and to call attention to actions that place those principles at risk.

The awards are being given as part of a program that was created in the aftermath of the 2018 attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

The inability to regulate substances like kratom and need for maternal health investments were two key focuses at Thursday's budget hearing.