With the primary election less than a week away, Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday urged Pennsylvanians to reject two ballot initiatives that would significantly curtail the executive’s powers during emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Local labor and industry are still reeling from U.S. Steel’s decision to scrap major upgrades to its plants in the Mon Valley.

The measure already faces staunch GOP opposition. Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey blasted it as “a massive tax increase.”

Democratic state Rep. Austin Davis, of McKeesport, has introduced a measure to require municipal forces to participate in citizen police review boards.”

Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Anthony Mariani was sued in federal court Tuesday for allegedly barring volunteer court observers from virtually attending hearings in his courtroom.

A federal grand jury has indicted the former administrator of a local nursing home, alleging that the administrator directed employees to over-report their hours in order to satisfy federal staffing requirements.

The Alliance for Police Accountability announced Tuesday that it had submitted enough signatures to county elections officials to place both measures on the May 18 primary ballot.

In Pennsylvania, people can be convicted of felony-murder if they participate in a felony such as robbery or kidnapping that results in death.