Dave SundayDemocrats project confidence while GOP braces for possible midterm losses in Pa. and New JerseyDemocrats spent the final moments of the midterm campaigns rallying behind their insurgent candidates while Republicans looked to hold on to seats they won in 2024.Sam Janesch, Michelle Baruchman, Fallon Roth, and Aliya Schneider Pa. attorney general wants Martin Shkreli held in contempt for allegedly violating lifetime pharma banNick Vadala ‘Skill games’ could soon be seized from Pa. shops as Supreme Court deadline nearsAndrew Seidman, Gillian McGoldrick, and Abraham Gutman Most nicotine vape products will be banned in Pennsylvania by mid-OctoberHenry Savage Judge convicts leader of Philly sex trafficking ringRobert Moran AdvertisementPa. Supreme Court says SEPTA special prosecutor is constitutional, another blow to KrasnerA unanimous Supreme Court rejected District Attorney Larry Krasner's argument that the SEPTA special prosecutor law is unconstitutional because it strips away the authority of an elected DA.Abraham Gutman and Jesse Bunch 11 Philly business owners stole funds from program for low-income women and children, prosecutors sayThe store owners defrauded a food-assistance program out of tens of thousands of dollars, prosecutors said, and in one case more than $340,000. Jesse Bunch Pa. attorney general files lawsuit over bogus spotted lanternfly permitsThe deceptive, official-looking letters sent to at least 80 residents threatened civil and criminal penalties.Nick Vadala State reps ask Pa. attorney general to investigate the Philly schools for alleged discrimination of Jewish studentsThe Republican representatives, including Martina White of Philadelphia, asked Sunday to "investigate this matter to determine if any criminal activity occurred". Kristen A. Graham Montco joins thousands of others in suing social media giants over harms to teen mental healthMontgomery County is suing on behalf of the county’s 148 schools and over 180,000 minor students.Abraham Gutman and Fallon Roth Federal and state officials highlight Medicaid fraud in Philadelphia President Trump's administration has made it a priority to combat Medicaid billing fraud nationwide. In Philly, one case cited was an agency that billed $225,000 for services by a deceased aide.Harold Brubaker Why Pennsylvania quietly repealed its 1929 midwifery law — and is now getting sued for itSome traditional midwives now say they are worried they have no legal standing to work and deliver home births in Pennsylvania. The state's AG and lawmakers say that's untrue.Gillian McGoldrick Pa. lawmakers can’t agree on how to sentence second-degree murder cases. The state Supreme Court may extend their deadline.The Allegheny County district attorney asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday to give lawmakers an additional 120 days to develop new sentencing guidelines. Ethan Young Philadelphia man charged with murder for the third time, Pa. Attorney General's Office saysRichard Pridgen, 21, is a member of the “Backblock” gang, and is at the center of three separate killings, state prosecutors said. Jillian Kramer Chester County man pleads guilty to human trafficking for forcing girls to work on mushroom farmRamiro Caal Jolomna told the girls that he would have them deported back to their homes in Mexico and Guatemala if they didn't follow his orders.Vinny Vella OpinionExtremism doesn’t check party registrationBigotry doesn’t wait for permission from a party platform. It shows up as a firebomb thrown into a mosque, a slur hurled at a Jewish governor, Confederate flags marching past the Capitol.Andrew Goretsky, For The Inquirer The SEPTA special prosecutor in Philly is set to expire this year. Will state lawmakers extend it into Larry Krasner’s third term?Legislators set aside another full year of funding for the office — $1.2 million — but haven’t agreed on whether they will extend it further. Gillian McGoldrick and Jesse Bunch DA Larry Krasner’s office asks court to throw out AG’s Office appeal of overturned convictionsThe Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office appealed the case of three men who were freed from prison after 28 years in what local prosecutors now say was a wrongful conviction.Jillian Kramer Pa. lawmakers have only days to set sentencing guidelines for felony murder cases. Hundreds of cases are on the line. In March, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that judges cannot automatically impose life-without-parole sentences for second-degree murder convictions.Jillian Kramer and Gillian McGoldrick Defense lawyers seek to block AG’s appeal of overturned murder convictions State prosecutors are seeking to appeal the case of three men whose murder convictions were overturned in May after they spent 28 years in prison. Jillian Kramer See more storiesAdvertisement
Democrats project confidence while GOP braces for possible midterm losses in Pa. and New JerseyDemocrats spent the final moments of the midterm campaigns rallying behind their insurgent candidates while Republicans looked to hold on to seats they won in 2024.Sam Janesch, Michelle Baruchman, Fallon Roth, and Aliya Schneider
Democrats project confidence while GOP braces for possible midterm losses in Pa. and New JerseyDemocrats spent the final moments of the midterm campaigns rallying behind their insurgent candidates while Republicans looked to hold on to seats they won in 2024.Sam Janesch, Michelle Baruchman, Fallon Roth, and Aliya Schneider
Pa. attorney general wants Martin Shkreli held in contempt for allegedly violating lifetime pharma banNick Vadala
Pa. attorney general wants Martin Shkreli held in contempt for allegedly violating lifetime pharma banNick Vadala
‘Skill games’ could soon be seized from Pa. shops as Supreme Court deadline nearsAndrew Seidman, Gillian McGoldrick, and Abraham Gutman
‘Skill games’ could soon be seized from Pa. shops as Supreme Court deadline nearsAndrew Seidman, Gillian McGoldrick, and Abraham Gutman
Pa. Supreme Court says SEPTA special prosecutor is constitutional, another blow to KrasnerA unanimous Supreme Court rejected District Attorney Larry Krasner's argument that the SEPTA special prosecutor law is unconstitutional because it strips away the authority of an elected DA.Abraham Gutman and Jesse Bunch
Pa. Supreme Court says SEPTA special prosecutor is constitutional, another blow to KrasnerA unanimous Supreme Court rejected District Attorney Larry Krasner's argument that the SEPTA special prosecutor law is unconstitutional because it strips away the authority of an elected DA.Abraham Gutman and Jesse Bunch
11 Philly business owners stole funds from program for low-income women and children, prosecutors sayThe store owners defrauded a food-assistance program out of tens of thousands of dollars, prosecutors said, and in one case more than $340,000. Jesse Bunch
11 Philly business owners stole funds from program for low-income women and children, prosecutors sayThe store owners defrauded a food-assistance program out of tens of thousands of dollars, prosecutors said, and in one case more than $340,000. Jesse Bunch
Pa. attorney general files lawsuit over bogus spotted lanternfly permitsThe deceptive, official-looking letters sent to at least 80 residents threatened civil and criminal penalties.Nick Vadala
Pa. attorney general files lawsuit over bogus spotted lanternfly permitsThe deceptive, official-looking letters sent to at least 80 residents threatened civil and criminal penalties.Nick Vadala
State reps ask Pa. attorney general to investigate the Philly schools for alleged discrimination of Jewish studentsThe Republican representatives, including Martina White of Philadelphia, asked Sunday to "investigate this matter to determine if any criminal activity occurred". Kristen A. Graham
State reps ask Pa. attorney general to investigate the Philly schools for alleged discrimination of Jewish studentsThe Republican representatives, including Martina White of Philadelphia, asked Sunday to "investigate this matter to determine if any criminal activity occurred". Kristen A. Graham
Montco joins thousands of others in suing social media giants over harms to teen mental healthMontgomery County is suing on behalf of the county’s 148 schools and over 180,000 minor students.Abraham Gutman and Fallon Roth
Montco joins thousands of others in suing social media giants over harms to teen mental healthMontgomery County is suing on behalf of the county’s 148 schools and over 180,000 minor students.Abraham Gutman and Fallon Roth
Federal and state officials highlight Medicaid fraud in Philadelphia President Trump's administration has made it a priority to combat Medicaid billing fraud nationwide. In Philly, one case cited was an agency that billed $225,000 for services by a deceased aide.Harold Brubaker
Federal and state officials highlight Medicaid fraud in Philadelphia President Trump's administration has made it a priority to combat Medicaid billing fraud nationwide. In Philly, one case cited was an agency that billed $225,000 for services by a deceased aide.Harold Brubaker
Why Pennsylvania quietly repealed its 1929 midwifery law — and is now getting sued for itSome traditional midwives now say they are worried they have no legal standing to work and deliver home births in Pennsylvania. The state's AG and lawmakers say that's untrue.Gillian McGoldrick
Why Pennsylvania quietly repealed its 1929 midwifery law — and is now getting sued for itSome traditional midwives now say they are worried they have no legal standing to work and deliver home births in Pennsylvania. The state's AG and lawmakers say that's untrue.Gillian McGoldrick
Pa. lawmakers can’t agree on how to sentence second-degree murder cases. The state Supreme Court may extend their deadline.The Allegheny County district attorney asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday to give lawmakers an additional 120 days to develop new sentencing guidelines. Ethan Young
Pa. lawmakers can’t agree on how to sentence second-degree murder cases. The state Supreme Court may extend their deadline.The Allegheny County district attorney asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday to give lawmakers an additional 120 days to develop new sentencing guidelines. Ethan Young
Philadelphia man charged with murder for the third time, Pa. Attorney General's Office saysRichard Pridgen, 21, is a member of the “Backblock” gang, and is at the center of three separate killings, state prosecutors said. Jillian Kramer
Philadelphia man charged with murder for the third time, Pa. Attorney General's Office saysRichard Pridgen, 21, is a member of the “Backblock” gang, and is at the center of three separate killings, state prosecutors said. Jillian Kramer
Chester County man pleads guilty to human trafficking for forcing girls to work on mushroom farmRamiro Caal Jolomna told the girls that he would have them deported back to their homes in Mexico and Guatemala if they didn't follow his orders.Vinny Vella
Chester County man pleads guilty to human trafficking for forcing girls to work on mushroom farmRamiro Caal Jolomna told the girls that he would have them deported back to their homes in Mexico and Guatemala if they didn't follow his orders.Vinny Vella
OpinionExtremism doesn’t check party registrationBigotry doesn’t wait for permission from a party platform. It shows up as a firebomb thrown into a mosque, a slur hurled at a Jewish governor, Confederate flags marching past the Capitol.Andrew Goretsky, For The Inquirer
OpinionExtremism doesn’t check party registrationBigotry doesn’t wait for permission from a party platform. It shows up as a firebomb thrown into a mosque, a slur hurled at a Jewish governor, Confederate flags marching past the Capitol.Andrew Goretsky, For The Inquirer
The SEPTA special prosecutor in Philly is set to expire this year. Will state lawmakers extend it into Larry Krasner’s third term?Legislators set aside another full year of funding for the office — $1.2 million — but haven’t agreed on whether they will extend it further. Gillian McGoldrick and Jesse Bunch
The SEPTA special prosecutor in Philly is set to expire this year. Will state lawmakers extend it into Larry Krasner’s third term?Legislators set aside another full year of funding for the office — $1.2 million — but haven’t agreed on whether they will extend it further. Gillian McGoldrick and Jesse Bunch
DA Larry Krasner’s office asks court to throw out AG’s Office appeal of overturned convictionsThe Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office appealed the case of three men who were freed from prison after 28 years in what local prosecutors now say was a wrongful conviction.Jillian Kramer
DA Larry Krasner’s office asks court to throw out AG’s Office appeal of overturned convictionsThe Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office appealed the case of three men who were freed from prison after 28 years in what local prosecutors now say was a wrongful conviction.Jillian Kramer
Pa. lawmakers have only days to set sentencing guidelines for felony murder cases. Hundreds of cases are on the line. In March, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that judges cannot automatically impose life-without-parole sentences for second-degree murder convictions.Jillian Kramer and Gillian McGoldrick
Pa. lawmakers have only days to set sentencing guidelines for felony murder cases. Hundreds of cases are on the line. In March, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that judges cannot automatically impose life-without-parole sentences for second-degree murder convictions.Jillian Kramer and Gillian McGoldrick
Defense lawyers seek to block AG’s appeal of overturned murder convictions State prosecutors are seeking to appeal the case of three men whose murder convictions were overturned in May after they spent 28 years in prison. Jillian Kramer
Defense lawyers seek to block AG’s appeal of overturned murder convictions State prosecutors are seeking to appeal the case of three men whose murder convictions were overturned in May after they spent 28 years in prison. Jillian Kramer