News, PA State News
Nov 21, 2024
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Despite the latest Franklin & Marshal Poll findings that show voters’ growing dissatisfaction with Pennsylvania’s election procedur...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 21, 2024
For all the speculation that goes on around Donald Trump and the 2024 Republican presidential nomination race, it's possible, even likely, that the mo...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 18, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — When Josh Shapiro took the oath of office Tuesday on a trio of Bibles, he didn’t just become the leader of Pennsylvania governmen...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 18, 2023
This column has written previously about the fundamental difference between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico b...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 17, 2023
Josh Shapiro, at 49, is Pennsylvania’s first post-baby-boom governor. Less certain is whether that will translate into better state governance. Pennsy...
News, PA State News
Jan 16, 2023
HARRISBURG (TNS) — The special elections to fill two vacant seats in the Pennsylvania state House — the subject of a contentious fight between Democra...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 13, 2023
Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives accomplished something that far longer eluded their federal counterparts: electing a leader for t...
News, PA State News
Jan 11, 2023
HARRISBURG — Republicans who control Pennsylvania's Senate on Wednesday kicked off the new legislative session by pushing through a trio of proposed c...
News, PA State News
Jan 10, 2023
HARRISBURG — A week after he was a surprise choice to become speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Democratic state Rep. Mark Rozzi ca...
News, PA State News
Jan 08, 2023
As Republican infighting debilitates Washington, lawmakers at some U.S. statehouses have managed to launch sessions complicated by similar GOP partisa...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 08, 2023
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Pennsylvania has a new speaker of the state House, Rep. Mark Rozzi of Berks County. Rozzi, a Democrat who is best known for fighting...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 06, 2023
Will Rogers famously said: “I belong to no organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” He would have to dig deeper to find a gibe suitable for today’s...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 05, 2023
On Dec. 30, as Washington shut down for the Christmas-New Year holidays and Republicans prepared to take over the House of Representatives, Democrats ...
News, PA State News
Jan 03, 2023
HARRISBURG — The narrowly divided state House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved a logjam over control of the chamber by making its new speaker a ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 03, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Last year, as congressional elections approached, pundits offered a bold prediction: November would bring a “red wave,” a Republica...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 03, 2023
It’s another New Year and time for a round of predictions — whether they turn out right will be up to history to decide. Russia’s former president Dmi...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 19, 2022
Just because political graft is obvious doesn’t mean it’s any less odious. Earlier this month, President Joe Biden announced a $36 billion bailout for...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 15, 2022
BOSTON (TNS) — The two major political parties’ long hold on America could be finally starting to slip, setting the stage for an exodus of disgruntled...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 14, 2022
Republican lawmakers will take control of the House of Representatives on Jan. 3. That means that, among many other things, they will take control of ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 11, 2022
Parties fall apart; the center cannot hold. (We’ve sure seen that.) Mere anarchy is loosed upon the political world. (Have a look at the morning paper...
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...
