Tucked into President Barack Obama's health care bill are several 11th-hour changes that help major insurance companies and doctor-owned hospitals. Among the beneficiaries, according to lobbyists and congressional aides, are Kaiser Permanente, the giant California-based insurance company; Geisinger Health Plan based in Pennsylvania; and doctor-owned health facilities in about a dozen states, including Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. House ...

The State of Pennsylvania says it has taken action against five commercial dog breeding operations in the state, which it says were among the state's "most notorious" puppy mills. The Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement took the enforcement action today. Scarlet-Maple Farm Kennel in Lancaster County, owned by Daniel P ...

State budget cuts in tough economic times are falling on historic sites, from George Washington's Continental Army encampments to a World War II Holocaust refugee center. Several states in the Northeast and elsewhere are closing or reducing hours at state-owned historic sites because of ...

Pennsylvania employers continued to reduce payrolls last month as the state's unemployment rate rose slightly to its highest point in a quarter century. The state Labor and Industry Department said Thursday that employers shed another 16,000 jobs in February ...