State Law
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Former Dauphin Co. Commissioner received $10,000 from companies involved in unfolding scandal
Former Dauphin County Commissioner Jeff Haste received $10,000 in campaign contributions from PrimeCare Medical and Herbert, Rowland & Grubic after leaving office in 2021. Haste’s connections to the two companies have been called into question following an unfolding corruption scandal.
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Centre County man gets two years in prison for assaulting officers during Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol
Terry Allen also received two years of supervised release for assaulting police with a flagpole and metal bar during the Capitol riots. He previously spent two years in Centre County jail for assaulting a police officer in 1984.
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Video: This Pa. tarot shop owner went viral after police visit. Now, they’re fighting back
Beck Lawrence went viral last fall after being warned by Hanover’s police chief that they could face charges over an arcane law from 1861 outlawing fortune telling for profit in Pennsylvania.
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Former member of Philadelphia Proud Boys gets 100 days in prison for his role in Jan. 6 Capitol attack
Brian Healion of Delaware County is the second member of the extremist organization’s Philadelphia chapter to be sentenced for taking part in the attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was the violent culmination of former President Donald Trump’s failed attempt to have the results of the 2020 presidential election overturned.
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Family of Black teen wrongly executed in 1931 sues Delaware County after 2022 exoneration
Alexander McClay Williams was convicted of murder in the October 1930 icepick stabbing of a white woman, even though there were no eyewitnesses and no evidence linked him to the crime. He was convicted by an all-white jury on January 7, 1931, and executed five months later.
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How abortion, IVF, and state laws helped this PA woman have a family
A Pennsylvania couple’s family happened through abortion and IVF. Here’s their compelling story.
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Puff, puff, pass: Why Pennsylvania hasn’t legalized recreational marijuana yet
Even with a Democratic majority in the state House and a governor who supports it, Pennsylvania remains one of the only states in the region to not have a legal recreational marijuana market.
