Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 23, 2025
It’s funny how a presidential run changes a politician. Gov. Gavin Newsom, obviously aiming at the Oval Office in 2028, has flipped on oil drilling in...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 23, 2025
Revolutions are not just chapters in history. They are tectonic shifts that redefine how humanity harnesses the forces of nature. A new chapter began ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 23, 2025
Pennsylvania's budget is now 23 days late. Few concrete details are known about the status of ongoing talks involving Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 22, 2025
In 2024, only one White House staffer made more than $195,000 in the Biden administration. Now, there are 35 people making more than $195,000 in Presi...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 22, 2025
A law signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro last month is meant to make it easier for qualified firefighter applicants to complete their training. A person who ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 22, 2025
I've been involved in Pennsylvania’s budget process for about 15 years, either as an actor or an observer. I'm used to the opaque nature of negotiatio...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 21, 2025
Social Security is more than a government program. It’s not an “entitlement.” It’s a promise — a promise made to generations of Americans that after d...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 21, 2025
Over the last decade, Pennsylvania has lost population and businesses to more competitive states. But this outmigration offers clues on how Pennsylvan...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 20, 2025
Many Americans believe that if the MAGA movement fails, American culture and values will be destroyed and we will truly become another third world cou...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 20, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — It's not a coincidence that the person who delivered the biggest economic development coup in recent Pittsburgh history, and finall...
Comment & Opinion
Jul 18, 2025
There seems to be a growing culture of "me first," an attitude that money and financial gain is all that matters at any cost. While meeting our own ne...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 18, 2025
The summer job, for decades a stepping stone toward adulthood and independence, may be going the way of the VCR for a great many teens. Progressive ef...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 18, 2025
Looking back at the 2024 election, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro might want to send Tim Walz a thank-you note. By getting picked as Kamala Harris's r...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 18, 2025
For the past five years, I have worked closely with Pennsylvania’s small businesses, veterans’ organizations and the skill game industry to craft a fa...
Business, Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 17, 2025
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s growing data center development offers economic opportunities but also raises tough questions about sustainability and com...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 17, 2025
The inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit convened by U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., may be remembered as a turning point for Western ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 16, 2025
(TNS) — If you have not been to the State Museum of Pennsylvania lately, you need to go again. Quick. And if you’re one of those Pennsylvanians who’s ...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 16, 2025
(TNS) — There is no good reason for any American to become infected with the measles virus in 2025. Effective vaccines reduced the incidence of the di...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 16, 2025
Louisiana, the third-largest producer of natural gas nationally, has capitalized on President Donald Trump’s energy policies, which represent an about...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 15, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — “Bring in the clowns” is a great motto for a circus but a bad one for a political party. I know because I was there when the Republ...
Lifestyles
August 20, 2025
Dear Heloise: When I shop for groceries, I have no memory or imagination, and I will invariably lose my shopping list somewhere along the way. It's a ...
Lifestyles
August 20, 2025
DEAR ABBY: My sister-in-law is her alcoholic husband's enabler. He has health conditions that make walking difficult. He falls down often and can't ma...
Round the Square
August 20, 2025
JUNK: Junk mail, junk email, junk phone calls — wouldn't it be nice if all the energy it takes to clutter people's lives was put into something positi...
Football, National Sports
August 19, 2025
(TNS) —The Steelers may not actively be pursuing another wide receiver, but that doesn't mean they aren't exploring the possibilities. Former Buffalo ...
National Sports
August 19, 2025
(TNS) —Pittsburghers are quite familiar with one of the groups that is interested in buying the Penguins away from Fenway Sports Group, who seem open ...
