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PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — As someone who remembers when Columbia University students took over Hamilton Hall 56 years ago, let me say that 2024 is not 1968...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The latest inflation numbers show a 3.5% annual growth for consumer prices, still well above pre-pandemic levels. That means millio...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — For two weeks, former President Donald Trump has been cooped up in a Manhattan courtroom on charges that he falsified records to co...

An entire commission may soon be dedicated to unwinding rural Pennsylvania’s population spiral. Spurred by an October report from the Center for Rural...

It’s hard to believe that right now, in the 21st century, countless Pennsylvanians are losing access to affordable prescription drugs. But that’s exac...

I suppose if I wasn’t so predisposed to being a “news junkie,” I might be able to spare myself some angst and grief over what’s happening in the world...

Most Americans appreciate that press freedom is vital to the health of a free and open society. Unfortunately, that appreciation runs an inch deep, as...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department propos...

CHICAGO (TNS) — Over the years, we’ve all heard fellow Americans grousing about moving to Canada if an upcoming election doesn’t go their way. It’s no...

As inflation persists , Pennsylvania voters are rejecting increased government spending, according to new polling data released by the Commonwealth Fo...

With the rise of reports of squatter’s rights, my office has received an increase in inquiries related to Pennsylvania’s laws on this topic. Constitue...

President Joe Biden’s 2025 budget blueprint won’t become law, but it provides a glimpse of what the nation can expect if he wins re-election and Democ...

Let us remember the faux “stolen election.” Whose ox was being gored? Liz Cheney notes in her book, “Oath and Honor,” none of the GOP House members co...

Pennsylvania’s innovation economy is highly concentrated in three hubs, and expanding growth statewide remains a challenge. Though the commonwealth ha...

NEW YORK (TNS) — One of the many things to appreciate about our home planet is that buried in its layers of rock is a kind of time machine. These stra...

National Small Business Week (April 28-May 4) is a time to celebrate the entrepreneurs, small businesses, and innovative startups that define our comm...

With new discoveries and technologies developing at lightning speed, our fast-paced world is becoming increasingly interdependent. What happens in one...

Pennsylvania’s tepid approach to marijuana is giving it the breathing room to learn the lessons of other states as well as its neighbor up north. Stat...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — If I were a mystery novelist instead of an economist, I’d call it “The Case of the Missing Workers.” I’m referring to the fact that...

April is a good month to be thinking about poetry because it is National Poetry Month in the United States. Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo famously ...