Some Head Start preschools in Pennsylvania are finding themselves in financial limbo, still unable to access their federal funding.

Discontent with Democratic U.S. Senator John Fetterman is growing among some Pennsylvania voters.

The Eagles and Chief meet on Sunday in the Super Bowl. Studies have shown the big game also coincides with a rise in cardiac events, including heart attacks..

More cases of Avian influenza have surfaced in commercial poultry flocks in several Central Pennsylvania counties.

The U.S. Education Department is investigating potential civil rights violations at the University of Pennsylvania, one other university and a high school sports league that allowed transgender athletes to compete on women’s teams.

OpenAI is scouring the country for sites to build a network of huge data centers to power its artificial intelligence technology -- and Pennsylvania is a possibility.

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Governor Josh Shapiro’s budget plan would more than double the state’s Ag Innovation Fund.

The governor is also hoping to lower energy costs for families -- as part of his budget proposal, and legalize marijuana in Pennsylvania.

Geisinger’s unionized Luzerne County nurses are voicing their demands for their updated contract in one last effort to avoid a strike.

Pennsylvania is using some of its opioid settlement money to support harm reduction services in Philadelphia.

A Lancaster County nonprofit that helps refugees and immigrants has furloughed much of its staff.

The heist of 100,000 eggs from the back of a trailer in Franklin County has become a whodunit that police have yet to crack.

Host Tim Lambert offers his thanks -- as his time with WITF winds down.

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Governor Josh Shapiro has pitched a $51.5 billion state budget to a joint session of the General Assembly.

The proposal includes more funding for K -12 education.

Shapiro is also introducing flat funding for state-related universities, including Penn State.

He is also taking another crack at securing more public transit funding.

The impact area where a medical transportation plane crashed in Philadelphia last week could reopen later today.

A strong majority of journalists at LNP | LancasterOnline and WITF, have voted to form a union -- a move they hope leads to contractual protections in the event of more layoffs and job reshuffling.

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