A middle school teacher has resigned from her job after allegedly calling a Muslim seventh grader a “terrorist.” The incident reportedly occurred on Jan. 16 at Central Dauphin Middle School in Harrisburg,

who plan to file an educator misconduct complaint with the Pennsylvania Department of Education. “The teacher’s alleged racist, anti-Palestinian verbal assault effectively makes her unfit to teach any students,” said CAIR-Philadelphia Executive ...

The incident occurred on Jan. 16 when the student asked to change his seat, and the teacher reportedly replied, “I do not negotiate with terrorists,” according to the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR ...

A Harrisburg man faces charges after fleeing a traffic stop and causing a six-car pileup on Saturday, according to Pennsylvania State Police. State police say they pulled over David Cooper Jr. on 17th Street in Harrisburg and noticed him trying to hide items as they asked for his ID.

The seventh grader asked the teacher to change seats and was told, “I do not negotiate with terrorists,” the civil rights group CAIR alleges.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to fast-track the construction of power plants in Pennsylvania and offer hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks for projects that produce electricit

Miller joins a list of announced candidates that includes incumbent Mayor Wanda Williams and Councilman Lamont Jones, who are both Democrats. Lewis Butts, a Harrisburg resident who has previously made unsuccessful bids for mayor, told WGAL he intended to run.

A proposal to establish a cyber charter school in Pennsylvania with two-hour daily lessons led by artificial intelligence and human teachers serving as "guides" was rejected by the state Department of Education.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced efforts Thursday to implement policies he says will strengthen the commonwealth's energy sector, promoting a multi-faceted "Lightning Plan" to streamline bureaucratic approvals for large-scale projects and build out generation capacity with emphasis on renewable sources.

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Shapiro said Pennsylvania is one of just 12 states that doesn't have an entity to fast-track siting decisions for energy projects. He wants to change that by creating the Pennsylvania Reliable Energy Siting and Electric Transition Board to streamline permitting and support for new energy projects.

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