For communities yet to face data center proposals, others' experiences could provide guidance on how to respond — and what not to do.

Most state budgets have been late during the past 20 years in Pennsylvania. But in non-election years, negotiations go three times longer.

With Immigration and Customs Enforcement pivoting from plans to convert some of its new warehouses to detention facilities, one lingering issue is that local governments have lost millions of dollars ...

Since Immigration and Customs Enforcement appears to have abandoned plans for converting some of its new warehouses to detention facilities, many questions remain.

Paul Miller’s Law carries a $50 fine plus court costs and fees for drivers pulled over for using handheld cellphones and other devices.

Attorneys for the city and advocacy groups who joined the suit argued that removing the slavery exhibits undermined the founding purpose of the historical site.

As with any reporting project, some information gets left on the cutting room floor.

The 7,500-person immigrant detention facility proposed for a former Big Lots warehouse in Tremont Township, Schuylkill County, would be among the largest in the nation.

Much of the Pa. legislation has been developed amid the federal immigration crackdown of recent months, but some dates back a year or longer.

Governors and attorneys general from 22 jurisdictions want explicit safeguards on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) data.

Buried in a code bill passed with the 2025-26 state budget is a provision giving a single school district $5 million, outside of the typical formulas that are used to distribute funds to Pennsylvania’...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by Democrats that have not provided data on fraud in the program.

This story was reported collaboratively between the Pennsylvania Capital-Star and its sister outlet Michigan Advance. Just two states in the nation have been unable to pass budgets for the 2025-26 fis...

The report from Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack finds that more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist.