More than 770,000 Pennsylvanians cast ballots on Tuesday for state-wide judicial and local county and municipal primary races. Secretary of State Al Schmidt said the process of casting ballots in every county and more than 9,000 precincts went smoothly.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro wants bills safeguarding hospitals to reach his desk this legislative session- especially in the aftermath of the abrupt closure of Crozier Health near Philadelphia.

Top Pennsylvania politicians accepted roughly 119-thousand dollars worth of gifts and hospitality from groups seeking to influence government last year. That's according to an investigation by Spotlight PA.

Pennsylvania's Attorney General has announced the disbanding of a major drug distribution network that operated across Pennsylvania. AG Dave Sunday says law enforcement officers made several arrests and seized more than $6 million worth of fentanyl and xylazene, two substances which are often mixed in with heroin to make it more potent and potentially deadly.

For bird lovers, it’s like the Super Bowl, the Kentucky Derby and New Years Eve all rolled into one. Earlier this month, New Jersey Audubon’s World Series of Birding, or WSB took place.

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A proposed class action lawsuit recently filed in Pennsylvania is targeting tech billionaire Elon Musk and his pro-Trump America PAC. Jaxon White with our sister newsroom LNP | Lancaster Online explains one of the three lead plaintiffs lives in Lancaster.

A federal program that helps low-income families heat their homes in the winter could be on the chopping block, after the Trump Administration proposed cutting it from next year’s budget. The move could leave hundreds of thousands of households in Pennsylvania struggling to pay their utility bills.

Planned Parenthood advocates and leaders in Pennsylvania say a federal proposal to block clinics from participating in Medicaid could lead to closures in the Commonwealth.

Today is Pennsylvania's primary election day. Democrats and Republicans across the commonwealth will determine which candidates go on to run in the general election. Ballots will vary depending on where voters live, and could include races for mayor, school board, city council, various judicial offices, district attorney, and more. Statewide, voters will weigh in on primary candidates for Commonwealth and Superior Courts.

And a vote on whether to close seven of Penn State's Commonwealth Campuses, including York and Mont Alto, will happen this week.

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Tomorrow is Pennsylvania's Primary Election Day. But this fall, three incumbent justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court are facing opposition in what’s usually a quiet retention vote. Carmen Russell-Sluchansky from our friends at WHYY reports on how this year is shaping up to be different.

And The Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard arguments last week over the state’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, known as RGGI ("Reggie"). Julie Grant from our friends at The Allegheny Front reports.

The nonprofit, nonpartisan organization PennEnvironment recently released a report that ranks Pennsylvania 49th in the nation for its growth in six key areas of solar, wind and geothermal generation over the past decade. WITF's Karen Hendricks has a deep-dive conversation with Flora Cardoni, deputy director of PennEnvironment, to interpret the report.

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