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HARRISBURGH — UGI Utilities' proposed $58.6 million rate increase would hit low-income residents and seniors particularly hard, said a handful of speakers who testified Thursday afternoon in the first of two Public Utility Commission "smart hearings" on the proposal in Harrisburg.UGI asked in January...

John Kasich and Ted Cruz bring their presidential campaigns to Pennsylvania on Friday. Kasich •10 a.m. Town Hall Antique Automobile Club of America Museum, Hershey •1 p.m. Speech Pennsylvania Leadership Conference, Camp Hill Cruz •4 p.m. Speech Pennsylvania Leadership Conference, Camp Hill

EASTON – Business is getting back to normal around 323 Northampton St. in Easton, which partially collapsed in February, forcing one neighboring shop owner to close her store for five weeks and delaying the opening of the much-anticipated Easton Public Market. Diane Bower, owner of Just Around...

•Name: Dave Anthony and Lorraine Horn•Hometown: Danielsville•Type of pet: Dog•Name: Chumani (Chuwi)•Age: 6•Breed: Golden retriever•Gender: Female•Why she is my friend: She is the sweetest soul. Even though she doesn't speak "human," we have our own special ways to communicate.•In four words: Happy,...

There isn't going to be a party or a special concert to commemorate the quarter century mark for Rusted Root. The band will toast that milestone by just finishing off its next album."It's business as usual even though we're at a really cool point in our history," vocalist-guitarist Michael Glabicki...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia is officially apologizing to Jackie Robinson for the shameful way he was treated in the City of Brotherly Love. The City Council unanimously passed a resolution Thursday naming April 15, 2016, as a day to honor Robinson's achievements and to apologize for the racism...

The Lehigh Valley Mall's open-air lifestyle center is already home to more than a dozen upscale shops, such as the Apple Store, Pottery Barn and Williams-Sonoma. Could it be getting bigger? The mall's owners, Simon Property Group and Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, are mulling an expansion...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has won a case in Pennsylvania's highest court that had challenged his eligibility to appear on the state's GOP primary ballot and serve as president. The state Supreme Court order Thursday upheld a lower-court judge's decision to dismiss the case. A Pittsburgh...

Visit the America on Wheels museum on any given day and you're likely to see rare, vintage and painstakingly-restored vehicles — from antique Model Ts, Indian motorcycles and Mack trucks to high-performance Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren models. So, it may come as a shock when a 2004 Toyota Matrix...

HARRISBURG — For decades, the attorney general's office has had a hard-and-fast rule: Its prosecutors may not moonlight as private lawyers. Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane deviated from that policy this week when she hired former Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce L. Castor Jr. into a...