Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state rich in history and diversity, located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
As the fifth-most populous state, Pennsylvania boasts a population of over 13 million people.
Pennsylvania’s economy has evolved from its historical roots in manufacturing to include a diverse range of industries today.
The State is also known for its cultural contributions, including being home to the first library, hospital, and medical school in the United States.
Explore our archive of nearly 1,000 stories about Pennsylvania below:
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Local Middle-Schoolers’ Search for STEM Balloon Missing for Six Months Reaches Happy Conclusion
Maintaining hope has paid off for three Swarthmore girls after they spent more than six months searching for a data…
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New Rankings Reveal How Montco’s Private High Schools Fare Relative to Others in State
Based on rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of reviews from students and parents, Niche.com has unveiled its 2017…
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Harriton, Lower Merion Crack State’s Top 5 Public High Schools
Harriton Senior High School in Rosemont and Lower Merion High School in Ardmore led a score of other Montgomery County…
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Young Adults Across the State Struggling to Leave Parents’ Home
Faced with college debt, high housing costs and a weak job market, over a third of young adults between the…
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Find Out Where Montco’s Average Tax Burden Lies as Tax Gap Between Philly, Suburbs Shrinks
According to a recent study, the benefit of less-burdensome taxes that the suburbs once held over the city is shrinking,…
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Montco Home to Two of Pennsylvania’s Top Three Public Schools
Last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Education released School Performance Profile scores that measure the academic progress of 2,860 public…
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Montco Home to Nine of Pennsylvania’s Top 15 Highest-Paying School Districts
According to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s latest employee payroll report for public school teachers, administrators, and staff,…
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Teachers at KOP’s Virtual Charter School Vote to Join Union
Teachers at the Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School based in King of Prussia have voted to join a union, writes Martha…
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Demographic Change in Philadelphia Suburbs to Impact Presidential Election
The demographics of the vote-rich Philadelphia suburbs continue to change, making the region an important battleground in November’s presidential election,…
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GOP, DNC Conventions Confim Voters’ Impulses in Montco
The voters of Pennsylvania, a central battleground in the presidential election, absorbed the parties’ nominating conventions with varying degrees of…
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Pottstown’s Tilted Barn Farm at Center of Region’s Hops Revival
It has been hard and sometimes fruitless work, but Tilted Barn Farm in Pottstown is ploughing new ground as Pennsylvania…
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Mini-Fitness Centers Spreading Like Wildfire in Montgomery County
Mini-fitness centers are popping up throughout the suburbs, particularly in Montgomery County, and often at your local shopping center, writes…
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Pottstown Native and Hill School Graduate the Only Pennsylvanian to Win Morehead-Cain Scholarship to North Carolina
Olivia Zitkus, a Pottstown native and recent graduate of The Hill School, is the only Pennsylvanian and one of just…
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PECO Convenes Solar Collaborative to Advance Region’s Renewable Power
PECO recently convened a Solar Stakeholder Collaborative, modeled on processes the company used previously to develop conservation and wind-energy programs,…
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Low Interest Rates, Rising Home Equity Enables Horsham’s Toll Brothers to Exceed Expert Projections
Toll Brothers, the luxury-home-building giant based in Horsham, reported second-quarter revenues that far exceeded forecasts, writes Joshua Jamerson of the…
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Montgomery County’s Republicans Presidential Conflict Dissected by Wall Street Journal
Two Wall Street Journal writers recently traveled to Blue Bell and Reading to highlight the split feelings on Donald Trump…
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U.S. News & World Report: Lower Merion and Lower Moreland Top Public High Schools in County
Taxpayers in the Lower Merion and Lower Moreland Township school districts, particularly those with school-aged children, can rest easy, knowing…
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