finance

Whither America? I don’t know and I hate discouraging news but how do you avoid it because, even when you look at higher education, you have to lower ...

Last week, in The Era, an article about Wreaths Across America was published. Since that article, a few more areas have let us know about their plans ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The more than 1.7 million Pennsylvanians granted student loan forgiveness under President Joe Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan will...

About 125,000 students will graduate from Pennsylvania public high schools in 2023, and most of them will head to the workforce or college with scant ...

The S&P 500 is down more than 5% since Joe Biden’s inauguration, and the Dow Jones Industrial more than 4%. The Federal Reserve is ratcheting up inter...

The unemployment rate now matches the pre-pandemic, half-century low of 3.5 percent. But with 2.8 million missing workers, low unemployment is both a ...

Last week, OPEC+ announced a dramatic reduction in production quotas, by 2 million barrels per day. According to oil ministers, the goal is to boost c...

The U.S. Postal Service has some big, national-scale problems that have been only partially resolved by recent federal reforms. But that doesn’t mean ...

PORT ALLEGANY — Tickets are on sale now for the S.W. Smith Memorial Public Library’s 33rd annual dinner auction, and will not be available for long. C...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is reporting another banner sales year. On Wednesday, the state agency, which oversees all wi...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s efforts to cool down the economy are causing progressive criticism to heat up. He has been accused of wanting a ...

President Joe Biden’s legally suspect plan to waive up to $20,000 in student loan debt for Americans making up to $125,000 per year will cost approxim...

PORT ALLEGANY — The S.W. Smith Memorial Public Library is holding a lottery board raffle again this year. The raffle winner will be drawn on November ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — There’s always someone in the room objecting to this fuel or that technology, Fatih Birol, the executive director of the Internatio...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — With inflation topping 8% this year for the first time since 1981, Pennsylvania officials are mulling what to do about state and ...

After three years and a global pandemic, West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund (WPPSEF) is proud to present the rebirth of 63 North Fraley Street as...

MOUNT JEWETT — Appalachian Regional Commission Co-Chair Gayle Manchin joined the North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commissi...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Hoping to maintain the maximum state grant for college students at the record-high $5,750 award will require an increased investmen...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) —State Fish and Boat Commissioners waited 17 years to reel in a funding increase, and even then it was only because lawmakers agreed ...

HARRISBURG — A “Making Sense of Finance” veterans’ benefits event will be held on Thursday, Oct. 13 in Port Allegany, announced Sen. Cris Dush, R-Broo...