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Gov. Tom Wolf will sign a bill creating the Medical Marijuana Act at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Capitol Rotunda and then at night the front of Capitol will be bathed in green lights to celebrate. Once the Democratic governor signs the bill in front of up to 200 people, including the parents of ill children...

There's more disturbing news about how poorly our government treats veterans seeking benefits related to their military service.Benefits claims centers, including the one in Philadelphia that serves veterans in the Lehigh Valley, were allowing important documents to be shredded, which could have...

The skirmish in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate primary over Social Security has shifted to a legal fight over an ad claiming that Democrat Joe Sestak supports cuts to the benefit program. After a flurry of letters to one Lehigh Valley station, that ad is still on the air. And it’s soon to be hitting...

BETHLEHEM—OraSure has hired a new chief science officer.Michael Reed has been named the company's senior vice president of research and development and chief science officer. He replaces Stephen Lee, who left OraSure in 2014 and is now an independent consultant in the field of In Vitro diagnostics.

Pennsylvania's unemployment rate rose three-tenths of a percentage point to 4.9 percent in March as the number of people working or looking for work hit a record level.Even with the jump, the state's jobless rate remained below the national level, which was 5 percent.The state Labor and Industry...

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania school district say a game known as Squirt Gun Assassin is getting out of hand.Officials in the Hempfield Area School District tell KDKA-TV (http://cbsloc.al/22z5Rtq ) students are chasing school buses and one another in cars, and stalking one another.

From artisan chocolates and wood-fired pizza to Asian noodle dishes from the mind of a James Beard Award-nominated chef, the offerings at the Easton Public Market promise to make it a foodie heaven. The market, at 325 Northampton St., debuts at 11 a.m. today, featuring dining options and more than...

ALLENTOWN – In response to the string of violence that rocked the Allentown School District in the fall, administrators are looking to spend $2 million to create an alternative setting for special education students and an additional nearly $2 million to increase staff. At Thursday's Education...

SALISBURY TOWNSHIP — Two Salisbury residents told township commissioners Thursday they are tired of flooding from a stormwater pipe that runs under Susquehanna Street, sending water into their yards and basements.Sandra Yodzio, who lives on Byfield Street, said the rainwater from the pipe floods...

Road improvements will need to be made by a developer before further building phases of an Allen Township community can proceed.Approved in 2013, Stone Ridge, on Graystone Circle and consisting of 26 twin homes west of Savage Road and south of Nor-Bath Boulevard, is poised for additional construction.