Mail-in ballots with flawed dates on envelopes can be thrown out, court rules Pennsylvania voters could have their mail-in ballots thrown out if they do not write accurate dates on envelopes they use... News 21 Sep 2024 | 07:30
Troopers stop drivers at similar rates no matter their race or ethnicity, study finds Pennsylvania drivers were pulled over and cited by state police last year at roughly comparable rates for various races and... Police & Fire 21 Aug 2024 | 01:23
Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot dating rule is legal under civil rights law, appeals court says A requirement for Pennsylvania voters to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in ballots... News 03 Apr 2024 | 04:38
Pennsylvania’s high court sides with township over its ban of a backyard gun range A township ordinance that limits firing guns to indoor and outdoor shooting ranges and zoning that significantly restricts... News 28 Feb 2024 | 04:55
People lined up as they waited to speak about mask mandates before the Delaware Valley school board at a recent meeting (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) Pennsylvania mandates masks in K-12 schools, day cares (AP) Masks will be required in all Pennsylvania public and private schools, as well as child care facilities, Gov. Tom Wolf... Local News 02 Sep 2021 | 09:25
State police to alter fitness standards that kept out women State police. (AP) The Pennsylvania State Police will pay more than $2 million into a compensation fund and are changing... Police & Fire 28 Apr 2021 | 01:00
The Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by PA Senator Lisa Baker (R-20), passed Kayden’s Law along with legislation to reform the statute of limitations in child sexual abuse cases and enhance penalties for child pornography during the senate’s first meeting of the 2021-22 legislative session. Baker is pictured at the reopening of the Mott Street Bridge in Milford last January, along with Milford Mayor Sean Strub and Pike County Commissioners Ronald Schmalzle and Steve Guccini (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris) State agency bungles ballot referendum for child sex victims (AP) A proposed Pennsylvania state constitutional amendment allowing lawsuits for otherwise outdated child sexual abuse claims... Police & Fire 03 Feb 2021 | 01:37
President-Elect Joe Biden in his West Wing Office at the White House, Jan. 10, 2013. (Official White House photo by David Lienemann) ( David Lienemann / The White House) Pennsylvania casts 20 electoral votes for Joe Biden (AP) Pennsylvania on Monday cast its 20 electoral votes for Democrat Joe Biden, the native son whose win in the state last... Local News 15 Dec 2020 | 09:36
Noe Ortega (pa.gov) Wolf education head takes new job as schools grapple with reopening (AP) Pennsylvania’s education secretary announced he will be leaving the job to take another position, as schools throughout... Local News 07 Aug 2020 | 12:05
Pennsylvania school leaders to state: We need more help (AP) Pennsylvania’s existing reopening guidance for schools is too vague, and superintendents and school boards need more... Local News 29 Jul 2020 | 02:40
Gov. Wolf makes budget speech appeal for action on gun violence (AP) Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf devoted a section of his annual state budget speech on on Feb. 4 to expressing dismay over... Police & Fire 11 Feb 2020 | 04:25
Investigators focus on bus in interstate crash that killed Pittsburgh. (AP) Investigators looking into a dead-of-night bus crash that happened on Jan. 5. Pennsylvania Turnpike has... Police & Fire 14 Jan 2020 | 11:01
House votes to amend constitution to pick judges by district (AP) Majority Republicans in the state House on Dec. 18 took the first step to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution so that... Police & Fire 22 Dec 2019 | 06:16
Policymakers order review of Pennsylvania juvenile justice system (AP) Pennsylvania policymakers announced a task force on Dec. 16 that will take a broad look at the state's juvenile justice... Police & Fire 17 Dec 2019 | 03:59
Governor vetoes bill outlawing abortions over Down syndrome (AP) Pennsylvania's Democratic governor is vetoing a bill that would prohibit abortions because of a prenatal Down syndrome,... Police & Fire 24 Nov 2019 | 02:02
