Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's share of BEAD funding is $1.16 billion, and work so far demonstrates that the universal broadband project must be accompanied by a key reform at the federal level.

A Commonwealth Health cardiology group compounded the potential injury its patients suffered after a data breach by waiting almost two months to notify affected individuals, a proposed class-action lawsuit alleges.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced a $1.16 billion allocation to the state to close the digital divide. Not everyone is convinced it’s enough to bridge the gap.  

The Pennsylvania House on Wednesday passed two pieces of legislation on phone surcharges, increasing the fee that funds 911 systems and establishing a new fee to fund the state’s 988 suicide hotline system.

With emergency declarations repealed and mask and other mandates expired, the virus behind COVID-19 is still showing up in wastewater in Traverse City, Mich., albeit to a lessened degree.

Pennsylvania's share of the $42.45 billion federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment funds will be less than before the state took up challenges, according to new data compiled by a policy analyst.

Electric vehicle owners in the state may soon be required to pay an annual fee of almost $300. The fee equates to what the Department of Transportation estimates owners of gas-powered vehicles pay each year in gas tax.

Centre County Commissioners have voted to advance broadband expansion project proposals from two Internet service providers. The county will apply for part of $200 million in state funding for the final proposals.

With staffing issues and few resources, rural counties are most likely to have missed the deadline for correcting the broadband map, meaning they will miss out on millions of dollars in federal funding meant to bring the Internet to rural America.

Starting in July, the nonprofit Pennsylvania School Safety Institute will offer classroom training and hands-on simulations to prepare educators and law enforcement to respond to physical security threats on campus.

A new bill making its way through the Pennsylvania legislature would create a solar energy grant program to fund projects like the solar array located next to a high school in Steelton-Highspire School District.

The new Commonwealth Office of Digital Experience (CODE PA) is aimed at improving resident services by boosting convenience, accessibility and cohesion across state government digital offerings.

Northumberland and Union counties through SEDA-Council of Governments are seeking $1 million in Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) funds toward the expansion of broadband.

In the wake of cyber attacks on several area organizations, officials in Pennsylvania are warning the public to be wary of online threats and to take steps to ensure their digital security.

As more and more consumers shift to electric vehicles, there is a greater need for specialized technicians to work on such cars, and students and seasoned mechanics alike now see the need to get up to speed.

Colleges and universities in Pennsylvania have partnered with technology and aviation companies, engineering firms and other industry leaders to fill vacant positions in direly understaffed fields like cybersecurity.

"Justice for Nova" became a popular cry around Pittston, Pa., after police recovered a severely emaciated pit bull in 2021 from an alleyway where she'd been abandoned and left for dead.

The upgrades come as a followup to a study by the county last year that, according to preliminary results, determined as much as 71 percent of the area is underserved by existing broadband infrastructure.