The shortage of school teachers and staffers has reached a crisis level in some public schools. An education advocacy group is making recommendations …

As the municipal primary election fast approaches, there is an urgent push for more voter education in Pennsylvania. More than 8.7 million …

Groups in the Keystone State are urging the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to move forward quickly and implement some of the sugg…

A Pennsylvania advocacy group wants the state budget to include more funding for Career and Technical Education programs, or CTE, for high school …

It's been two weeks since a Commonwealth Court judge ruled Pennsylvania's system of funding public schools is unconstitutional and must be revamped…

A new study shows despite a long-term increase in mentoring over time, there has still been recent backsliding with Generation Z, who appear to be …

A Pennsylvania children's advocacy group said the state should be doing more to help end a critical staffing shortage of mental and behavioral health …

While the Pennsylvania House is still out of session and won't resume until late February, the public and advocacy groups are voicing their concerns…

New funds will help plug abandoned oil and gas wells in the Keystone State, and should boost the region's economy in the process. It is a big job…

Low-wage workers in Pennsylvania are missing out on the pay hikes in 23 other states that took effect this month, when those states raised their …

This is National Birth Defects Awareness Month. Birth defects are common, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and they can …

A new report says there's hope for restoring the Chesapeake Bay - if Pennsylvania does more to meet its clean-water commitments. The 2022 State of …

A new study shows kids in child care are not more likely to exhibit behavior problems than those who don't attend them. The Society for Research in …

A new report explores a clean-energy pathway in southwestern Pennsylvania. Sean O'Leary, senior researcher, Ohio River Valley Institute, said the …

A Pennsylvania policy analysis group is adding its voice to the calls for Congress to bring back the expanded child tax credit for families in place d…

A new report says during the pandemic, more children were able to keep their health insurance in the Commonwealth. The "State of Children's Health" …

A new report urges Pennsylvania's governor-elect to revamp the state's unemployment compensation system as soon as he takes office in January…

It is National Diabetes Awareness Month, and the American Diabetes Association said at least 1.2 million Pennsylvanians have been diagnosed with the …

This has been National Education Week, and a Pennsylvania high school teacher is among only five educators nationally to receive one of the …

Election Day is busy at most news outlets, but some employees of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette are picketing today, still on strike for what they …

As the Nov. 8 midterm election fast approaches, there has been an urgent push for more voter education in Pennsylvania, even at the last minute…

Food-service workers in Pennsylvania and their advocates want Congress to consider and support a new "Restaurant Workers Bill of Rights." The document…

In Pennsylvania, today is the last day to register to vote or update your voter registration before the November 8 midterm election. You have until …

The latest research on the "State of Working Pennsylvania" says a tight labor market and new levels of union organizing are offering new opportunities…