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Auditor General Jack Wagner said about one-fifth of Pennsylvania's school districts have recently been involved with interest rate "swaps," a practice he said the Legislature should ban.
As a judge set bail Friday for 10 defendants connected to the state House Republican caucus, political observers said the latest charges provide partisan balance to Attorney General Tom Corbett's ongoing corruption probe that should work to his advantage as he campaigns for governor.
Pennsylvania's high court says the role of two accused judges in a $3.5 million defamation award against The Citizens' Voice of Wilkes-Barre warrants a new trial.
A Pennsylvania audit of hundreds of millions of dollars in government technology contracts released Wednesday found poor record keeping, insufficient central oversight and an increased potential for a conflict of interest when it came time to pick the winning bids.
Downtown carried on as a city at half-speed Wednesday, with many buildings closed, stores boarded up and blanket police coverage on the eve of a global economic summit that was bringing dignitaries, traffic headaches and the world's attention to Pittsburgh.
Gov. Ed Rendell and legislative leaders reached a budget deal Friday to end Pennsylvania's distinction as the last state still fighting over its annual spending plan.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board exhibited poor judgment but did not break the law in awarding a $174,000 training contract to a company headed by the husband of one of the agency's managers, the state auditor general said Wednesday.
Newly disclosed correspondence between Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and lobbyists from last year shows he received particular pressure regarding a property assessment bill he eventually vetoed and a stalled proposal to extend health coverage to more of the uninsured.
An economics professor at a Pennsylvania university said Saturday he supports efforts to spread democracy in his native Ethiopia, but denied backing an alleged coup attempt there that led to the arrests of 35 people by the government.
Pennsylvania's highest court is revisiting a $3.5 million defamation verdict against The Citizens' Voice newspaper because of the role played in it by two former judges at the center of a juvenile justice scandal.
Police officers who lose their sense of smell also risk losing their jobs, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Thursday. A suburban Pittsburgh township had the right to terminate Officer David J. Agostino after he lost his sense of smell in an off-duty motorcycle accident, because officers must be able to detect drugs, alcohol, hazardous materials, natural gas and other substances, a three-judge Commonwealth Court panel ruled.
The defense in the federal corruption trial of a former state senator is aiming to roll out its big guns Monday with the testimony of Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell.
A North Carolina man has been arrested in connection with the beating death and robbery of a Pennsylvania adult video store clerk more than 16 years ago — thanks in part to DNA evidence found on a cigarette.
A former York police officer accused of raping three women killed himself Monday in an upstate New York boarding house after going on the run, authorities said.
A casino gambled and lost — big time. Now it's asking thousands of customers to give it a break.
An influential state lawmaker says he will propose legislation to reform Pennsylvania's troubled constable system, in hopes of raising standards for the job and weeding out those who shouldn't receive badges.
The former chief of staff for a state legislative leader testified Wednesday that his boss knew bonuses were paid to reward employees for their help on political campaigns.
Empty pasture is all that's left on the site of the one-room Amish schoolhouse where a gunman left five girls dead and five others wounded two years ago and the anniversary of the massacre was expected to pass quietly Thursday.
A woman found not guilty of killing her two young sons by reason of insanity, and now free to go on with her life four years after the deaths, said Wednesday that she is "not a monster" and expects to spend the rest of her life dealing with the guilt.
The Amish are expanding their presence in states far beyond Pennsylvania Dutch country as they search for affordable farmland to accommodate a population that has nearly doubled in the past 16 years, a new study found.
A state lawmaker, a former legislative leader and 10 other people connected to the state House Democratic caucus were charged Thursday over allegations that millions of taxpayer dollars were illegally siphoned to underwrite political campaigns.
A Spanish company and a unit of Citigroup Inc. teamed up to submit the largest bid for the right to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike for the next 75 years.
Yes, some Democrats in Pennsylvania's Rust Belt communities were upset by Barack Obama's suggestion that voters there "cling to guns or religion" because of bitterness about their economic lot. But many more seem to think it was no big deal — and if there's a problem it's with the political slapfest that has followed.
A Web site that says it will help people find money they didn't know they owned is misleading and violates Pennsylvania consumer law, state prosecutors said in a lawsuit.
A former Pennsylvania state trooper tipped off pimps who ran a prostitution ring in exchange for money and sex, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
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