Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 28, 2025
The process of crafting and passing legislation has often been compared to sausage-making, insofar as most people enjoy eating sausage, but virtually ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 28, 2025
I have always been something of a planner. That’s good, right? If you can map out a strategy or set up some steps to achieve a goal, it can’t hurt. Th...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 28, 2025
Across Pennsylvania, people are rightly questioning the Penn State board of trustees’ closure decision and considering how to reverse it. In addition ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 27, 2025
It takes depravity, not to mention stupidity, to believe that shooting an unarmed couple in the back as they stand at a crosswalk is somehow going to ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 27, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to make it harder for poor Americans to buy unhealthy food. Togethe...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 27, 2025
BOSTON (TNS) — Harvard elites are now trying to play the victim in their battle against President Donald Trump, but the rich snobs are proving to be t...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 27, 2025
A former Government Accountability Office executive recently told 60 Minutes she believes the federal government loses $550 billion to $750 billion to...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 26, 2025
Taxpayers should already be familiar with the $230 million cost to build a Gazan pier for humanitarian assistance — which began falling apart almost i...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 26, 2025
Memorial Day once was dedicated to the solemn acknowledgments of soldiers who gave all for their countries. Now, the day has morphed into the informal...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 26, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TNS) — The first few months of Donald Trump’s nonconsecutive second term as president have been marked by controversial economic init...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 26, 2025
Last month, the security systems designed to protect Gov. Josh Shapiro, his family, and the governor’s official residence in Harrisburg failed. A man ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 23, 2025
Below is an abridged version of a haunting poem by Theodore O'Hara, which can serve as a tribute for Memorial Day. Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 23, 2025
For weeks, Republicans in Congress haggled over cuts to Medicaid, the health care program for the poor. Some lawmakers see an opportunity to offset th...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 23, 2025
Democrats vote for higher taxes, government dependency Republicans on Thursday shepherded President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” through the H...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 23, 2025
The Pennsylvania legislature considered two major changes to the laws that govern how we vote. For several years, Republicans have sought various mean...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 22, 2025
Israel has stepped up its ground campaign in Gaza in an effort to free remaining hostages and to pressure Hamas terrorists to end the futile war they ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 22, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — The wise minds at Moody’s Investors Service finally acknowledged last week what the other two main credit rating agencies did years a...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 22, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Americans' electricity bills tend to tick up each year in line with inflation. But upgrades to electric wires, reinforcing and prote...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 21, 2025
Even before Joe Biden’s diagnosis of prostate cancer, made public on Sunday, we were uncomfortable with the post-facto dissections of the events leadi...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 21, 2025
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) stands alone in purpose and scale — tasked with caring for millions who've served. For all its significance, t...
PA State News
June 15, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
PA State News
June 14, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
Local News, Nation & World
June 14, 2025
Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
June 14, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
Local Sports
June 14, 2025
BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
Local Sports, Sports
June 14, 2025
(TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
