Mark Scolforo | Associated Press
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The country auctions in Lancaster County began in the 1960s. These days some get thousands of bidders and can do more than a million dollars in sales. The auctions benefit local fire departments.
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A Pennsylvania state court says spreadsheets of raw data associated with every ballot cast in an election aren't subject to public scrutiny. The Commonwealth Court ruled Monday on “cast vote records,” which were requested by an election researcher whose work has fueled right-wing attacks on voting procedures.
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The request made in recent days by Secretary of State Al Schmidt that Fulton County and its officials pay the state more than $700,000 comes in a three-year battle over allowing outsiders to examine voting machines to help former President Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud.
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A federal district judge ruled in November that even without the proper dates written on the envelope, mail-in ballots should be counted if they are received in time.
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Pennsylvania’s high court is taking a case to decide whether some automatic life sentences for those convicted of murder violate constitutional protections for defendants.
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The deal between the girl, who was 14 at the time of the 2021 sexual assault, and McDonald's franchisee Rice Enterprises LLC, compensates her for the attack by Walter A. Garner in the restaurant bathroom.
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Police took about 200 people protesting the Pennsylvania state government's investments in Israel into custody Monday, shutting down a demonstration on the steps of the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg.
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The spotlight returns to Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania this week, when handlers of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil will announce his verdict — six more weeks of winter or an early spring.
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Pennsylvania's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state police can't hide from the public its policy on how it monitors social media, a victory for civil liberties advocates.
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Democrats’ narrow majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is on the line Tuesday with two special elections that will determine which party controls the chamber.