State & Regional News

State lawmakers were pushed Tuesday to move on a bill that would protect consumers from costly electric contract rollovers.

Route 100 and Route 222 will see intermittent closures Tuesday between noon and 5 p.m. for President Donald Trump's latest visit to the Lehigh Valley.

President Donald Trump will visit the Mack Trucks plant in Lower Macungie Township on Tuesday. It will mark the president's third public appearance in the Lehigh Valley since 2024 and the second time a sitting U.S. president has visited the facility in the past five years.

More than 120 people attended a Lehigh County Commissioner's finance committee meeting Wednesday night for a hearing on a proposed intangible personal property tax. Most people who spoke opposed the tax.

“We need to be focused on this November,” DePasquale said. “We’ve got to focus on winning this November for the governor, flipping the state Senate and expanding our House majority.”

A review of violations filed since June 5 found dozens of charges for the "prohibited use of interactive mobile device" across Lehigh and Northampton counties.

Lehigh County Controller Mark Pinsley has proposed bringing back an intangible asset tax. Supporters believe it could shift tax burdens away from working families while critics argue it would punish small business owners and invite lawsuits.

The settlement will reshape how costs are assigned in response to rapidly growing electricity demand from large users such as data centers.

U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie campaigned against forever wars in 2024 but has voted to give President Donald Trump leeway in the conflict against Iran.

While the Census Bureau’s Local Air Conditioning Estimates, or LACE, showed more than nine of 10 U.S. households have AC, there are areas where access is virtually nonexistent.

The University of Pennsylvania study examined rates for accessing care after hospitalization.

Republican lawmakers say the money is needed instead to offset looming budget deficits.

The 2022 election could prove to be the most expensive the state has ever seen.

Bridges, roads and ports are all a part of the state's infrastructure.

The deadline to apply is May 10, even with a battle looming in the state Supreme Court.

The money will be aimed at hardest-hit communities and distributed over the next two decades.

Gov. Tom Wolf has pledged to appeal the ruling to the state Supreme Court.

None of the 4 candidates received the two-thirds of the committee's votes required.

The plan uses the sale of credits for solar projects to plug oil and gas wells.

'That perspective of a Black female is so important,' says Wandalyn Enix.

Democrats and Republicans passed House Bill 253, a $225 million relief package.

The House and Senate's top GOP budget negotiators say the state's $7.76 billion in extra relief and tax money can't be stretched too thin.