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Jason Addy/LehighValleyNews.comPennsylvania saw 201.6 million visitors, generating $49.9 billion in visitor spending and $83.9 billion in economic impact in 2024. In the Lehigh Valley, visitor spending increased 1.5%, generating just over $2.5 billion.
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Tom Shortell/LehighValleyNews.comLast week, SEPTA and Pittsburgh Regional Transit were permitted to use capital funds to finance operations in 2026. LANTA officials hope PennDOT will grant them same exception to avoid service cuts and fare hikes.
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Bill Bachenberg is accused in a $10 million lawsuit of hiring a cybersecurity company to analyze voting machines in Fulton County for voting irregularities but than stiffing it when it found no evidence of voter fraud.
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WLVR's Megan Frank talks with reporter Will Oliver and managing producer Stephanie Sigafoos.
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Political observers in the Lehigh Valley said the new criminal charges against former President Donald Trump won't be enough to shake up the 2024 presidential race. Despite two impeachments and multiple federal charges, the 45th president still dominates the Republican Party.
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Pa. Treasurer Stacy Garrity visited Martin Guitar in Upper Nazareth Township Tuesday, as part of her campaign to promote manufacturing in the state.
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Pennsylvania may not be the most vulnerable state during the Atlantic hurricane season, but emergency planners were particularly blunt Monday about the dangers it faces.
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A dispute over private school vouchers has left Pennsylvania’s budget undone. The consequences for schools and counties are starting to emerge.
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The $45 million state funding was used for various expenses, such as mail ballot sorting machines, voting equipment transportation and poll worker pay.
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While the Canadian wildfire smoke is only the latest threat, experts and professionals said there are ways to monitor and improve the indoor air residents are breathing.
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The In-State Level I Certificates now take about two to four weeks to process, which is a 10-week reduction since last year.
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More than 800 people have completed a free online instructional program to build their knowledge base of all things Lehigh Valley.
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Pay attention while you're driving. Officials are seeing more accidents that involve distracted drivers.
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Fetterman says he expects to make a full recovery and return to the campaign trail soon.
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Students told to attend classes about puberty based on sex assigned at birth.
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The problem is getting worse, she says.
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Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth Leigh Chapman warns the move may have a 'chilling effect' on voters.
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The ACLU of Pennsylvania and several voting rights advocacy groups have asked Martin to drop the plan.
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U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Montgomery) said the Supreme Court would turn pregnant people into 'second class citizens' if the draft becomes the official court ruling.
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GOP gubernatorial candidates strongly support keeping or expanding Pa.’s abortion restrictions, while House and Senate leadership isn’t ruling out bills to do that.
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Some states, like West Virginia and Ohio, have 'trigger bans' that would immediately ban the procedure.
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The four will be listed alongside 98 others who have died in the line of duty since the state police agency’s founding in 1905.
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The ID will be required to board an airplane in the U.S., enter a military base and enter a federal facility.
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The average hourly wage for direct support professionals is under $15.