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Jobs The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry Office in Erie in March 2020. (Shutterstock Photo/Kendra Brown)
Jobs Pennsylvania Promises Quicker, Easier Jobless Claims System

The new system is based on what officials said is modern software to replace an "obsolete 40-year-old mainframe legacy system."

Associated Press Associated Press April 9, 2021 10:50 am EDT
Voting Philadelphia election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots for the general election in November at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Voting Pennsylvania Won’t Change its Election Laws Before the May Primary

Five months after the state's narrow and bitterly contested presidential race, it's clear no changes will be enacted in time for Pennsylvania's spring primary election.

Associated Press Associated Press March 30, 2021 4:46 pm EDT
State Rep. Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, checks his phone after speaking with members of the media at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, March 22, 2021. Majority Republicans in the state Senate announced Monday they will not employ a rarely used emergency process to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to give victims of child sexual abuse a two-year window in which to file civil lawsuits. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
State PA Senate GOP Won’t Let Child Sex Abuse Lawsuit Amendment Move Through Special Process

The proposed amendment likely won't finally pass until 2023.

Associated Press Associated Press March 23, 2021 11:12 am EDT
State (Shutterstock Photo/Paul Brady Photography)
State Pennsylvania Capitol Building Reopening to the Public

The Capitol building will reopen on Monday.

Associated Press Associated Press March 18, 2021 11:32 am EDT
National In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana File)
National Swoyersville Woman Charged in Capitol Attack

One witness said Annie C. Howell appeared to be "inciting the crowd in order to storm the building."

Associated Press Associated Press March 18, 2021 8:10 am EDT

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National State College Man Charged in Assault of Capitol Officer Who Died After Jan. 6 Attack

US officials have arrested and charged two men with assaulting US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick during the Jan. 6 attack. They do not know yet whether it caused the officer's death.

Associated Press Associated Press March 16, 2021 11:48 am EDT
Coronavirus Gov. Tom Wolf talks about his economic agenda for 2021, including increasing the minimum wage. (Flickr/Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)
Coronavirus Wolf to Ease Some Restaurant/Bar Restrictions on April 4

Gov. Tom Wolf will expand more business and event capacity limits and lift a raft of long-standing coronavirus restrictions on bar service starting on Easter Sunday, April 4.

Associated Press Associated Press March 15, 2021 2:51 pm EDT