economics

HARRISBURG (TNS) How tipped workers in Pennsylvania are paid is about to change — but some restaurant owners say it’s not going to mean more money in ...

“Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” — Joe Biden If Biden looked at the budgets of about half of old...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Abandoned oil and gas wells are having a moment — as global warming agitators, public safety hazards and targets of more than $1 bi...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The 6.3 million visitors to the 26 National Park Service sites in Pennsylvania last year spent an estimated $298 million in the sta...

Since America’s founding, newspapers have played a vital role in keeping the public informed about what’s going on in the world. Democracy depends on ...

Whether Pennsylvania should provide tax credits to help fund scholarships for private schools is a debatable policy question. Whether the state should...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Blame it on lingering effects of the pandemic, resentment over the lockout or economic fears. Major League Baseball is struggling to ...

WASHINGTON — Today the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) announced the launch of READY Appalachia, a community capacity-building initiative offeri...

Freedom has never been free — Veterans have been fighting for our freedom, and these heroes’ service and sacrifice deserves recognition. For the remai...

Catalytic converter thefts are on the rise across the country again after initially spiking during the pandemic. July is National Vehicle Theft Preven...

Fewer Americans read printed newspapers each year, but they still have an appetite for news. According to the News Media Alliance, paid newspaper circ...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — I’m pleased today to shoot holes in the baloney being peddled by Second Amendment worshippers who are fighting attempts to expand ba...

Without a doubt, the climate-obsessed green movement is the most stupidly self-destructive force in the world today, leaving a trail of irrationality ...

Gas prices are dropping, with average prices in Pennsylvania coming down 10.4 cents and in the nation, 15.8 cents per gallon, according to GasBuddy. B...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The amount of uncollected Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls went up dramatically in the past year — nearly 48% — but the agency says that...

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball agreed to pay minor leaguers $185 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging violations of minimum wage laws, ...

ST. MARYS — Grants to enhance the lives of the residents of McKean County are now available through the McKean County Community Foundation (MCCF) and ...

The Mount Jewett to Kinzua Bridge (MJ2KB) Trail Club has finished their TSA resurfacing project and a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate 3.7 additio...

On Friday, W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Company welcomed back, after a long six year hiatus, members of their Collectors Club for a “Member’s Only” introd...

As only the preeminent heavyweight entity in college football could do, someone within the Southeastern Conference yesterday leaked to Saturday Down S...