Special education costs across Pennsylvania are rising, while state funding hasn’t kept up. As a result, districts across the commonwealth are relying on increasing property taxes to cover the gap.
Middlesex Township Supervisors voted Wednesday to approve the first phase of a controversial data center development following three hours of public comment and months of opposition from residents.
The remains of 12 Native American and Alaskan Native children who died while attending Carlisle Indian Industrial School will be returned to their tribes following their disinterment.
One person is dead and two members of the Pennsylvania State Police are injured following a crash between a state police helicopter and a small airplane Wednesday night in Cumberland County.
Several YWCAs across Central Pennsylvania marked Red Sand Day on Thursday by filling sidewalk cracks with red sand to raise awareness about human trafficking and the victims who often fall through the cracks.
Assaults against staff increased 44% through the first five months of 2026 at a state prison in Cumberland County, according to Department of Corrections data.
Gov. Josh Shapiro joined advocates and community leaders at the YWCA Carlisle and Cumberland County to tout nearly doubling funding for Pennsylvania’s 47 rape crisis centers in the 2026-27 budget. Funding will jump from $12.1 million to $24.1 million.
The Democratic primary in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District is starting to turn heads. Janelle Stelson is refusing to debate her opponent Justin Douglas, a Dauphin County commissioner. In turn, Douglas is refusing to endorse Stelson should she win the primary unless she liberalizes more of her positions, including on immigration.