finance

WASHINGTON (TNS) — In the brief but spectacular collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, we may just have witnessed the best banking crisis ever. It might eve...

Farmers know a thing or two about stewardship. If they don’t take care of their land, eventually it will cost them their livelihoods. Unlike farmers, ...

Day by day, month by month, year by year, greed is ruining the tech industry’s image. This time it was tech’s response to the failure of its primary f...

LEWIS RUN — Lewis Run Borough gathered for its monthly meeting Tuesday, March 14, and addressed many agenda items. One resident, John Coder, asked May...

The Board of Directors of the Community Foundation of the Northern Alleghenies (CFNA) announced they have reached a new milestone of over $1.5 million...

CHAMBERSBURG — Members of the Pennsylvania Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee met in Chambersburg this past week, just as De...

A Pennsylvania Senate bill would see state police get less money from a dedicated pool with a different purpose. The Motor License Fund is a coffer se...

Older Americans tend to vote, and they also tend to be wary of politicians who propose entitlement reform. That combination typically leads to inertia...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., is introducing legislation to lower costs for the more than 20 million Americans seeking opioid treatment, in...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Gov. Josh Shapiro’s effort to win bipartisan appeal in his first budget by emphasizing workforce training and supports to help busi...

Gas prices dropped a penny over the past week in Western Pennsylvania, but rose 1.7 cents per gallon to $3.61 per gallon elsewhere in the state, GasBu...

President Joe Biden unveiled his $6.8 trillion budget proposal last week, and it drew the customary jaded responses: a work of fiction. A party platfo...

“You all have something to be proud of, and we are blessed to be part of it all and call Bradford our home:” Those were the closing sentiments from th...

HARRISBURG — The governor’s proposed budget may provide a boost to a bill working its way through the Senate that would fund public defender offices a...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s legislative branch made history when it closed the books on the 2021-22 fiscal year by sitting on its largest-ever surplus...

President Joe Biden likes to pass himself off as a deficit slayer, which is a bit like Monty Python’s Mr. Creosote claiming to be an avid dieter. Bide...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., introduced two bills to make the tax code fairer for workers by easing their tax burden and cracking down on ...

There are times when something one intends to write … thankfully isn’t written. That happened to me early last month … to my good fortune. St. Bonaven...

HARRISBURG — In recognition of Women’s History Month, Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities (DoBS) Acting Secretary Sarah Hammer reminds P...

HARRISBURG — Lawyers for the districts that won a landmark school funding court case in Pennsylvania say that Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal fall...