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HARRISBURG — The tax increase on cell phones to support Pennsylvania’s 911 system is on track to hit its expected revenues. The tax, passed in 2023 to...

HARRISBURG — Education and outreach staff from the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities (DoBS) will host and participate in numerous pres...

WARREN — The Jefferson Defrees Family Center and Strategy Solutions Inc. will conduct a feasibility study for a children’s experience museum that coul...

RIDGWAY — The North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission’s (North Central) Board of Directors approved publishing a reque...

Dig into the job numbers thatJoe BidenandKamala Harrislike to brag about and they show why people are so concerned about the economy. On the surface, ...

HARRISBURG — Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor announced the release of audits of municipal and police pension plans in Cameron and McKean counties. “...

Johnsonburg is a small borough on the Clarion River in Elk County. Home to a paper mill, it has a unique scent in its air. “You can smell it before yo...

RIDGWAY—The North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) committee hea...

DuBOIS (TNS) — S&P Global Ratings cut the long-term revenue bond rating for Penn Highlands Healthcare two notches to BBB from A-minus and placed the D...

The United States should use its emergency oil supply for exactly that: emergencies. But President Joe Biden continues to use the Strategic Petroleum ...

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks held relatively steady in a calm Tuesday on Wall Street, as earnings reporting season ramped up for big companies. The S&P 500 ...

Still $3.89. The average price of a gallon of gas in Bradford, that is. The gap widened between local pump prices and those in Western Pennsylvania ov...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Northwest Bancshares Inc., (the “Company”), (NasdaqGS: NWBI) announced net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 of $5 million, ...

Some disabled Americans on Social Security aren’t out of work solely because of their medical condition. Social Security payments themselves may “also...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Michael Humphreys announced the Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) saved consumers $98.3 million...

CAMP HILL — The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau has lauded that the 2024-25 state budget funds the creation of an animal health diagnostic lab in Western Pen...

DEAR RUSTY: I’m just trying to figure out how to determine whether to retire at 65 or 67 and, if I retire, approximately how much could I make outside...

HARRISBURG — After a budget deal passed in the Capitol, a Pennsylvania state agency warns that the surplus will be depleted next year. The $47.6 billi...

It may seem ludicrous to describe $1.1 billion in total increases in K-12 public education funding as a half-measure. That’s a vast amount of money, a...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — If you don’t think the interest on the federal debt is a problem, try this quick exercise. Grab your pay stub for June and see how ...