State & Regional News

The Historic Moravian Bethlehem settlement is among others globally recognized for their "outstanding universal value."

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain and U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, PA-07, will headline a rally to help elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz on Sunday, Oct. 20 at 10:30 a.m. in Allentown.

The commonwealth’s fourth fall foliage report was released Thursday. Here's the forecast for the coming week in Lehigh and Northampton counties.

Ryan Stehlik, a longtime patient of Shriners Children's Philadelphia, will represent the hospital this weekend at the Shriners Children's Open, a PGA golf tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada.

An IV shortage due to hurricanes in the south has B.Braun ramping up production. The Allentown company is hiring more employees to produce more medical equipment amid the shortage.

Infinera, a semiconductor company with a facility in Upper Macungie Township, inked a preliminary deal with the federal government to expand its production locally and in California. The agreement is part of a bipartisan effort to boost domestic production of essential high-tech resources to protect the national supply chain and create high-paying tech jobs.

Liz Cheney, formerly the No. 3 Republican in the U.S. House, served in Congress with U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, the Lehigh Valley Democrat seeking a fourth term in her race against GOP challenger Ryan Mackenzie.

U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, D-Lehigh Valley, spent more than $5.4 million in the past three months as she seeks a fourth term in Congress. Republican challenger Ryan Mackenzie spent just a fraction of that in his bid to win Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District.

This week on Political Pulse, politics reporter Tom and political scientist Chris Borick talk about what the stakes are looking like in the race for Pennsylvania's seventh congressional district.

Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz made a stop at a home in Easton on Monday to stir up support for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Walz's husband, vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, just a few weeks shy of Election Day.

The city is hoping to gain approval as one of only a handful of World Heritage Sites in the U.S. — and join with other locations in Europe as a single Moravian Church settlement site of significance.

Grants of up to $400,000 that focus on addiction treatment services for communities that were hard-hit by the opioid epidemic will be awarded later this year.

“When a bill jumps $200 or $300, that’s the difference between groceries on the table. So we have to see what legislative remedies there are at our disposal, because ‘you’ve gotta pay your bill’ is not the answer I want to give anybody," said Rep. Josh Siegel.

Rules around gifting have changed for top officials in Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration.

The audit of a dozen districts released last week has drawn the ire of school business experts.

A new program hitting Pennsylvania high schools is just one of many ways the state is responding to a teacher shortage that’s created cascading staffing challenges across the Commonwealth.

A deadline set by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration came and went Friday for lawmakers to pass a package of proposed constitutional amendments on the statewide ballot in May’s primary election

Central Bucks South High School librarian Matt Pecic said a principal told him to take down four posters with a quote from Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel.

A mother bear and her cubs are nestled under the deck of a Pike County home, and you can peek in on them 24/7. The camera is expected to be up until late March or early April, when the bears leave the den.

The additional payments, created during the pandemic will stop and SNAP recipient households will go back to receiving one payment a month.

Based on history alone, fans of winter should be optimistic. But El Niño doesn't just affect one season, and scientists warn its possible return is a major cause for concern. Here's what we know so far.

The State Museum of Pennsylvania has the 24th-largest collection of unrepatriated Native American remains in the U.S. Getting them back to their tribes is a challenge.