There's a big divide in America that could be called "the tyranny of the ZIP code," a member of President Obama's cabinet said in Lancaster on Thursda......

As the steel industry declined, the small, Ohio-bordering city of Farrell approached insolvency and became in 1987 the first Pennsylvania municipality......

Why is it that, financially speaking, Lancaster city is on the ropes?
Well, that's easy to answer. The city's stagnant tax base can't kee......

Irrefutable evidence that our often-maligned state Legislature can sometimes do the right thing is found near the end of a 67-page bill passed on the ......

School officials got some good news and some bad news Thursday from the state Legislature.
The state budget, being finalized in Harrisburg, will boos......

Several local legislators are questioning the validity of a study that concludes public school education is underfunded by nearly $5 billion a year in......