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UPMC Altoona is partnering with Saint Francis University in Loretto to open the UPMC Mercy School of Nursing, as Pennsylvania and the U.S. struggle to meet a rising demand for nurses.

Consumer advocates warned a panel of Pennsylvania House members on Wednesday that Commonwealth residents will continue to bear the burden of rising electricity costs unless policymakers take steps to regulate a growing number of new data centers.

For the second time, Senate Republicans on Tuesday passed a budget bill that would largely fund schools, counties and nonprofits at last year’s levels.

PennDOT has submitted a permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of the process for the Route 322 State College Area Connector project, which could affect creeks and wetlands.

The Zippo Manufacturing Company in Bradford, which is known worldwide for its pocket lighters, is honoring an employee for her 60 years of service to the company.

This month, hear the “Premier quatour” by Debussy: the first movement of his string quartet arranged for saxophone quartet by Vincent David; The “Danse macabre” by Camille Saint-Saens played by Penn State faculty members James Lyon, violin and Melody Quah, piano; the Penn State University Choir in music from the Mass for Four Voices by William Byrd; and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 in F, in a performance from the Penn's Woods Music Festival.

The ruling upholds a Pennsylvania Office of Open Records decision that university documents shared with state agency leaders are public, even if they’re housed in an online file-sharing system.

Pennsylvania voters will help decide whether three state Supreme Court justices get more time on the bench. Here’s how the court has shaped rural areas.

Members of the state Senate Education Committee on Tuesday signaled they’ve largely made up their minds about the need to restrict access to cell phones in K-12 classrooms.

Hoping for better pay and benefits, more job security and a stronger voice, a group of faculty at Penn State is taking steps to unionize.