government finances

DEAR RUSTY: I am past my Social Security full retirement age, and I am still working. I am married and we file our income tax jointly. My husband is 6...

DEAR RUSTY: I just turned 69 years old in August and am still working full-time. I signed up for Medicare Part A but, it is my secondary insurance bec...

The pandemic may feel like ages ago, but the fiscal follies of COVID continue to wreak havoc with personal and government balance sheets. Higher price...

The 2024 election season, more than any in recent memory, has been defined by fear — of immigration, of crime, of autocracy, of our fellow Americans. ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A historic child care crisis is leaving thousands of Pennsylvania kids without access to critical early learning programs. And, acc...

The Biden-Harris administration is set to eclipse the $1 trillion mark in improper payments, a new record for wasted money in a four-year term, accord...

Donald Trump has pledged to end taxes on everything from tips to Social Security and overtime pay if he’s elected to the White House again. But he has...

An annual report from the Government Accountability Office has saved taxpayers $667.5 billion over the last 14 years, but Congress and federal agencie...

DEAR RUSTY: I just learned that if I served in the military during an active-duty period, I could get extra earnings for Social Security and that thes...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, held an Aging Committee hearing entitled “Fighting Fr...

Tax increases get the attention, but regulations can be even costlier. The Committee to Unleash Prosperity recently found new rules imposed during the...

HARRISBURG — Cultural and Historical Support Grants in the amount of $8,000 have been awarded to both the Clearfield County and Elk County historical ...

Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor was joined by state Sen. Frank Farry, R-Langhorne, on Friday in Bucks County to announce his department has released...

MIDDLETOWN — Pennsylvania Lottery officials announced the Lottery generated a profit of more than $1.22 billion to benefit older Pennsylvanians during...

WELLSBORO — C&N recently made donations totaling $921,556 to Pennsylvania educational improvement, scholarship and pre-kindergarten scholarship organi...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A majority of Pennsylvania residents, regardless of their political leanings, favor federal measures to ease financial strains on f...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s work requirement waiver for food stamps now lasts through Aug. 31, 2025. This is despite recent urging from Republican Hou...

DEAR RUSTY: This is a matter that I find particularly irksome. My wife — a retired teacher — was told that, should I predecease her, she is not eligib...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — To say Americans are dissatisfied with the state of the economy is an understatement. Polls since late 2021 have consistently shown...

The federal tax evasion case against Brian Gustafson of Smethport has been continued for the 20th time since the case was filed in 2020. This continua...