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There are few jobs in America that are as hazardous to one's health as working in the coal mines.

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., is asking for more federal money to help small communities with flood protection projects, citing West Pittston as a prime example of one that would benefit.

Catrina Sweat sat at a table inside the Martin Luther King Center gymnasium. It was nearing lunchtime, and the Erie teenager was hungry.

July 29, 2014 - U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today called for passage of bipartisan legislation that would create tax-advantaged savings accounts for family members of individuals with long-term disabilities, like Down Syndrome, Autism and Fragile-X, to help them better afford the cost of care and save for the future.

Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey is calling on Congress to avoid the equivalent of a government shut down of federally funded highway projects.

SPEAKING at the Aspen Institute last week, Governor Christie said: "I'm pro-life, and if you're pro-life, you have to be pro-life when they get out of the womb also."

There are few jobs in America that are as hazardous to one's health as working in the coal mines.

The release of a major audit concerning state regulation of the impact of Marcellus Shale drilling on water quality is the latest round in a debate now stretching back a half dozen years.

Cheers to Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Vough for hitting convicted killer Andre VanCliff with a maximum fine of $15,000 and seizing his prison account after VanCliff pleaded no contest last week to conspiring to molest two children while in prison.

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Pa., was talking with midstate residents Friday as he drafts caregiver legislation to address the needs of the "sandwich generation," or middle-aged people who are raising children while taking care of their aging parents.

I am writing in reference to the letter to the editor from Donna Rosencrance of Clarks Summit .

At least four Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee say they're not ready to back the push by President Barack Obama and party leaders for retroactive tax legislation to prevent companies from moving their legal addresses out of the U.S. In interviews and statements this week, Senators Tom Carper of Delaware, Michael Bennet of Colorado, Mark ... (more)

Congressional leaders and labor officials convened this week to address a broken federal compensation program for miners with the disease.

The Crawford County Office of Emergency Services advises that the fiber optic phone lines that were cut in the City of Meadville at the intersection of Water and Willow streets, which were affecting land line phones and some cellular phones from dialing 9-1-1, were repaired per Windstream.

On Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration canceled flights to Tel Aviv, Israel after a rocket landed too close to the airport.

Increased filings of workers compensation cases linked to black lung disease in miners in the Pittsburgh region will require more staff, U.S. Deputy Labor Secretary Chris Lu told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday, according to an article in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review.

For nearly an hour Tuesday morning, dozens gathered around Penn Square, in Lancaster holding bright signs that read "Not my boss's business" The people protesting say they should be allowed all options when it comes to birth control coverage.

Rick Santorum is "definitely considering" another run for the Republican nomination for president in 2016, he said Tuesday in Mechanicsburg, but he won't decide until after the 2014 election cycle.

Robert Bailey mined a coal mine in West Virginia for 36 years, but said he had to stop because he couldn't breathe.

Crews have started dredging Barcelona Harbor in Chautauqua County. The work is expected to take about 6 weeks to complete.