Keystone State Watch

Southwestern Pennsylvania sees the highest gas prices this holiday weekend, with Washington County at $4.36 per gallon and Indiana County at $4.31....

Pennsylvania transit riders stand to gain from $96 million in federal funding aimed at aging rail fleets.

• Pittsburgh Regional Transit receives...

Pennsylvania utilities are blocking thousands of automated attacks monthly, but connected systems raise the stakes for reliability and public...

• Path confirmed: EF-1 tornado touched down Tuesday at 11:44 p.m. in Salisbury Township with 100-yard width and 90 mph winds
• Agricultural hits:...

A Sheetz convenience store and gas station is proposed for just over 2 acres at the Hausman Road and Tilghman Street intersection.

• Land use shift:...

• The EPA plan would drop the federal mandate requiring states to notify the public and accept comments before granting air pollution permits for data...

Pennsylvania DEP proposes amending oil and gas regulations to update environmental protection performance standards for conventional operators. This...

The Supreme Court’s 6-3 procedural stay lifts a lower-court injunction, allowing Trump’s executive order on citizenship lists and USPS mail ballot...

Food insecurity leaves Pennsylvania children facing nutritional and health challenges, behavioral difficulties, and decreased academic achievement...

Pennsylvania's Department of Health is using a 502-page regulatory rewrite to regain authority for school masking and similar measures after its 2021...

Pennsylvania bills would regulate kratom sales instead of banning them.

Key changes include:

• Consumers: No access to concentrated 7-OH or synthetic...

Chobani’s planned $1.2 billion facility will add 900 full-time jobs over five years while processing more than three billion pounds of Pennsylvania...

Pennsylvania school districts are expanding services fast while state aid trails enrollment growth.

• Lancaster County's special ed population jumped...

• Unemployment dipped to 3.9% in July, the lowest in nearly two years, yet the 12-month average reached 6.5% for Black workers and 8.7% for Hispanics...

Philadelphia police are probing three early Saturday shootings that wounded four men, with no arrests reported.

• Two men shot around 2:30 a.m. on...

Pennsylvania’s projected annual revenue loss from the data-center sales-tax exemption has jumped to $188.4 million for FY 2026-27, more than double...

PECO's 16th national ranking underscores its expanding role as a strategic partner in attracting major investments, with 27 projects secured in 2025...

Pennsylvania's new proactive enforcement targets wage theft hitting 40% of complaints from home care workers.

• Caregivers lose pay on overtime,...

• Rep. Nikil Saval (D-Philadelphia) will introduce legislation creating an Office of Healthcare to administer single-payer coverage for all residents...

Pennsylvania's teacher shortage persists as new certifications fail to match demand or replace departures.

• Certification decline: Luzerne saw a 33%...