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Boy at Head Start

Trump administration backs off Head Start budget cuts, but problems persist

Rite Aid sign

What customers can expect as Rite Aid closes or sells all its drugstores

Voting booths

Pennsylvania’s primary election is May 20. Here’s what you need to know.

New graduates line up before the start of a community college commencement in East Rutherford, N.J., on May 17, 2018.

The return of student loan debt collection: What borrowers need to know

‘Everyone’s scared’: Pennsylvania’s coffee shops are hurting in the wake of tariffs

Pennsylvania educator Ashlie Crosson named National Teacher of the Year

Expect to start seeing effects of Trump’s tariffs this summer, experts say

Free tools, museum passes, concerts and more: How to spend less in Pennsylvania

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order relating to clemency for anti-abortion protesters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington.

Reproductive Rights

In first 100 days, Trump’s moves on abortion echoed Project 2025 playbook

Health care workers lambaste private equity company’s closure of two Delco hospitals

Reproductive Rights

Cuts to Medicaid would affect access to reproductive care for millions of women

President Donald Trump holds an executive order relating to education in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Education Secretary Linda McMahon watch.

Head Start leaders, administrators fear effects of potential funding cuts