In August 1996, 13-year-old Richezza Williams was found dead in a Pennsylvania cemetery, her burned and beaten body dumped in a cardboard box after she was tortured with household items, including a heated clothes hanger, cleaning chemicals, and a turkey baster.
A Pennsylvania state representative described an early miscarriage as "some mess on a napkin" during a hearing on a bill concerning the disposal of fetal remains. 
The Pennsylvania Democratic lawmaker who harassed and threatened a group of pro-life teenagers outside a Planned Parenthood clinic has finally apologized, only after lawmakers weighed a censure resolution.
Some of Pennsylvania's most powerful labor unions have removed a key hurdle for workers who wish to resign their membership following a series of class action lawsuits. 
Pennsylvania teachers' unions continue to include mandatory fees from non-members in new contracts despite a Supreme Court decision that declared coercive payments unconstitutional, according to a lawsuit. 
Republican congressman Guy Reschenthaler says he was inadvertently given a window into the "blatant bias" in the newsroom at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette through an email sent to his staff by one of the paper's editors. 
A new Quinnipiac poll has some bad news for President Donald J. Trump, but even worse news for the bumbling campaign of Beto O'Rourke, the heiress husband and failed Senate candidate who is running for president for reasons yet to be determined. 
A recently filed complaint to the Federal Election Commission says Marc Friedenberg, the Democratic candidate in next week's special congressional election in Pennsylvania, illegally failed to disclose his campaign's expenses. 
A Pittsburgh City Council member told a local radio show on Tuesday the city would move forward with passing new gun-control legislation despite a warning from a local district attorney that it would violate state law. 