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Nine school districts within Erie County, including Corry, received letters on Friday imploring them to avoid requiring masks or implementing any form of a test-to-stay program.

The court will hear arguments Dec. 8 in order to make a final decision.

The battle over masks in Pennsylvania schools has been contentious, litigious and continuous. But at least one Lehigh Valley school district will no longer make them mandatory.

In an effort to further public access to Pennsylvania population health data, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently passed HB 1893 to amend Section 15 of the Pennsylvania Disease Prevention...

HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania found that a Pittsburgh ordinance which forbid landlords from denying rental units to tenants who use federal housing vouchers was not legal under the state’s Pennsylvania Human Relations Act and thus, was unconstitutional to business.

There are times for the government to protect information. There are big secrets such as weapons codes or battle plans. There are small, personal ones such as an individual’s Social Security numbers or bank account. But by and large, the default with public information is that it is supposed to

The Pennsylvania House approved a bill to make more state reports on COVID-19 and other diseases accessible to the public Monday in a party-line vote. The GOP-backed bill, which would amend the 1950's-era Disease Prevention and Control Act, is the latest fight between Gov. Tom Wolf and Republicans over the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The bill, argued Speaker Bryan Cutler, "would allow us as consumers, as residents, us as patients, to have access to good data so we can make good decisions."

The Pennsylvania House is giving its approval to a bill that would make more data about COVID-19 and other diseases available to the public.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A proposal to expand public access to reports about COVID-19 and other diseases passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Monday after Republicans argued it would help people decide how to react to pandemics and other outbreaks.