Opinion

The SAVE Act would require identification documents to register to vote, but the ID you use for cashing checks and buying alcohol (your driver's licen...

If rural communities want more businesses, more jobs and stronger local economies, they must solve one problem first: access to capital. Rural communi...

There's no question that the ongoing U.S./Israeli campaign against Iran has opened some fissures in the conservative/MAGA movement, and that in itself...

The National Science Foundation is spending $67 million on software that will protect American research from cybercriminals in enemy nations like Chin...

The U.S. Supreme Court has let pass the opportunity to fortify the First Amendment against government efforts to silence critics. The nation is worse ...

Pennsylvania’s teachers have the lowest morale in the country.  According to the most recent Education Week survey, it is not about pay, curriculum, o...

On Feb. 28, Donald Trump made a bigger gamble than ever took place at any of his Atlantic City casinos. Betting that a joint U.S.-Israeli decapitation...

The federal government spent $8.4 million on purchases that included golf carts in fiscal year 2025, according to spending records obtained by Open th...

The White House has scheduled a party for Friday and you, taxpayer, will be picking up the check — in more ways than one. The Celebration of Agricultu...

ERIE — When I stepped into the role of CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania last year, I understood the scale of the mission. I d...

While many Americans have grown complacent about the federal surveillance state, the United States Constitution is clear. If law enforcement agents wa...

You should have to spend your own money to buy soda. Some people disagree. This month, the National Center for Law and Economic Justice sued the U.S. ...

Sadly, one of the nation’s biggest employers is closing in Pennsylvania. Saks & Company recently announced plans to shut down its fulfillment center i...

The Senate debated this week on the so-called SAVE Act, which includes a national voter ID requirement. Democrats have vowed to fight the legislation,...

“The War of Revolution is won, but the War for Independence is yet to be fought." — Benjamin Franklin One major struggle 214 years ago passed into the...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering a bill that could disrupt the payment system millions of residents rely on every day. HB 2090 would attempt to ...

The General Services Administration spent $133 million hiring consultants to study its own buildings, but nobody is keeping track of what the studies ...

National Sunshine Week (March 15-21) is a time to highlight the importance of open, transparent government and to call attention to actions that place...

Sen. Chuck Schumer walked Democrats into a dead end last year, triggering the longest federal government shutdown in a futile effort to prop up the he...

PORTVILLE, N.Y. — Do you dream? Are they good, bad or ugly, comforting or even scary? Most have had some of each. A dream is defined as “a series of t...