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Editor's Note: A paragraph of this story was edited to clarify that Franklin & Marshall College's layoffs planned for April are not linked to the potential cuts to NIH research grant funding. It is currently unknown how F&M would change the financing of its overhead research operatio…

Chants of “Smucker’s a chicken” and “Where’s Lloyd?” echoed from downtown Lancaster’s Penn Square on Saturday morning as more than 150 people staged a mock town hall for U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker, who did not attend the event.

When Election Day bomb threats were received in key swing states last November, Pennsylvania’s top elections officials were ready, thanks to warnings from an arm of the Department of Homeland Security.

There are few limits on how businesses can collect, use and sell data about their customers. Grocery stores are now big data companies, thanks to their savings awards programs. As are smartphone apps — Candy Crush is tracking user locations, health apps are selling information on workout fre…

The Republican Committee of Lancaster County voted this week to endorse Controller Lisa Colón and Recorder of Deeds Ann Hess for reelection in this year’s municipal election.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania higher education officials urged lawmakers on Tuesday to increase funding for public universities next year so state-owned institutions, like Millersville University, can avoid tuition hikes.

Crescentia Volz considers themself lucky they changed the gender marker on their federal passport to an “X” two years ago.

At least four executive orders issued by President Donald Trump in the past three weeks specifically target transgender Americans, prompting lawsuits challenging their merits.

More than 60 protesters gathered outside U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker’s Lancaster County district office on Friday afternoon to urge the Republican congressman to speak out against President Donald Trump’s federal funding freeze and billionaire Elon Musk’s efforts to remake the federal government.

Brett Nolt said he’s invested between $600,000 and $1 million to install four acres of solar panels at his property in Pottsville.

Mail-in and absentee ballots for the special election in the 36th Senate District will be sent out to voters by March 7, according to Lancaster County Chief Clerk of Elections Christa Miller.

HARRISBURG – Mountville resident Alexandra Lon was among the audience of lawmakers, veterans, activists and other guests in the state House chamber Tuesday for Gov. Josh Shapiro’s annual budget address.

HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday pitched a $1.5 billion increase for public schools as part of an overall $51.4 billion state budget for the next fiscal year.

When the Legislature does not act, counties carry the burden. That was the theme across the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania’s top three legislative priorities, released Wednesday. 

HARRISBURG – State Rep. Bryan Cutler took to the House speaker’s rostrum in the Pennsylvania Capitol on Tuesday with a black folder in hand. Inside was a note from his staff reminding him, simply, “Don’t cry.”

State and local elected officials were left scrambling Tuesday to measure the impact of the broad executive order issued by President Donald Trump Monday evening to freeze the distribution of all federal grant money.

As a member of the Afghan military's Female Tactical Platoon, Farida Mohammadi served alongside U.S. Army soldiers seeking out the Taliban. Her job was to work with women and children, searching them for weapons and gathering information. One of her comrades was shot doing this, she said, an…