By Lisa Michelle King Too often, K-12 social studies classes in the U.S. teach a mostly glossed-over story of U.S. settlement ...

Education Secretary Khalid Mumin announced Friday that he will step down next month after just 18 months in his role.

Hundreds of private schools across Pennsylvania will receive nearly $20 million in state grants for mental health programs and building safety improvements, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and ...

A new federal rule will require water utilities across the country to pull millions of lead drinking water pipes out of the ground and replace them, at a cost of billions of dollars. States, cities ...

The Democratic and Republican parties will withdraw 20 lawsuits on behalf of their candidates for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat following incumbent Sen. Bob Casey’s concession Thursday to ...

PHILADELPHIA — Answering the pleas of public transit advocates in southeastern Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro has directed Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Mike Carroll ...

Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt has told counties to end their Senate race recounts after U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) conceded to Republican Dave McCormick. “Continuing the recount would not ...

Vice President Kamala Harris’ potentially history-making bid to become the first woman in the White House did little to bring more women voters into the Democratic Party during the first presidential ...

The 2024 election results created complicated new realities for reproductive rights in the U.S., with Americans even in a few red states overwhelmingly voting to protect the right to have an abortion ...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Wall Street veteran Scott Bessent to be the secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Trump announced Friday night. If confirmed by the ...