Governor Shapiro sues the USDA . The PA Senate wants to utilize leftover campaign money for community good. And imagining Harrisburg's Old Eighth Ward, a century ago.

Gov. Josh Shapiro is suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture over its attempt to cancel a federally funded food purchasing program.  

Fewer recipients will get farmers market vouchers this summer and their distribution has been delayed. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture says that’s because the federal government is holding back money appropriated for the vouchers.  

State Senators on both sides of the aisle agree something helpful could be done with leftover money in campaign accounts. A key committee is advancing a bill to allow that extra money to be donated to nonprofits.

An explosion was reported at Shell’s ethane cracker in Beaver County Wednesday afternoon. 

The State Library is offering a chance to imagine what Harrisburg's Old Eighth Ward looked like over 100 years ago.  

The U.S. Department of Energy is ordering an oil and gas power plant in southeastern PA to keep its turbines running through the hottest summer months as a precaution against electricity shortfalls in the mid-Atlantic grid. 

Cumberland County is a step closer to what would be its first data center. 

And Pennsylvania's cyber charter schools would see their funding cut under a bill passed by the state House this week.  

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