Gabriela Martinez | WITF

Low-income immigrants are often the targets of loan sharks, or have to rely on free legal clinics that might be too overwhelmed with cases to take on new clients.

Prominent Latino leaders attended the Pennsylvania Latino Convention to address the most pressing issues facing the fastest-growing demographic in the state.

The Reading School District – where 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch and 25% of students are English Language Learners – received roughly $202 million in basic education funding, which is about $18 million more than it got last year.

With inflation and the high cost of gas and groceries, many households have had to adjust their budgets. A recent report by the United Way of Pennsylvania shows the impact is perhaps most severe on those already teetering on the edge of poverty.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania is suing the Berks County court system, saying its policies that keep people who use medical marijuana out of court-run treatment programs violate state law.

Now the district's administration will work with a new solicitor to craft regulations outlining how staff will implement the board's policy.

An independent study by the National Policing Institute found that Black drivers were nearly two times more likely than white drivers to be searched by PSP for discretionary reasons during traffic stops and Hispanic drivers were 1.3 times more likely.

How much authority do school boards have to remove books, and at what point could a removal violate students’ First Amendment rights? Here is what legal scholars and school librarians have to say.

A nonprofit collaborating with state agencies and lawmakers is trying to expand doula services. The goal is to reduce the state’s maternal mortality rate, especially in communities of color, where that rate tends to be higher.