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Six Bhutanese green card holders living in central Pennsylvania were arrested in the first two weeks of March, according to local refugee community leaders and elected officials. Reasons for arrests are unknown

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections announced the public hearing dates for the proposed closures of SCI Rockview and the Quehanna Boot Camp.

U.S. Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson, who represents Pennsylvania’s 15th District, is reacting to President Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Department of Education.

Hospitals and health systems largely decide how their charity care programs work and who qualifies, which can limit access to this help. A researcher says there’s no “rhyme or reason” to the policies.

A Pennsylvania environmental research group is calling on lawmakers to better support wildlife corridor projects. That refers to any sort of structure that helps wildlife get around man-made infrastructure, like roads or dams.

Since Penn State announced its multimillion-dollar budget deficit in 2022, the university has deeply cut the budgets to its graduate school and engineering college, a Spotlight PA analysis found.

In a letter to the homeland security secretary, Al Schmidt cites critical help local election officials get from the U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA.

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Weed companies spent $1.6 million last year pushing Pennsylvania lawmakers to legalize recreational use of the drug.

Pennsylvanians want electoral reform. Voter ID’s political path forward will thread a needle