Guest Columns, Opinion
Oct 25, 2016
I admit it, I am a fan of The Walking Dead. The degeneration of society in a zombie apocalypse is fascinating, and the brutal end to anyone — no matte...
Guest Columns, Opinion
Oct 05, 2016
October marks Down Syndrome Awareness Month. You may ask, why do we need awareness for Down Syndrome? Most people know that Down Syndrome is a chromos...
Guest Columns, Opinion
Sep 29, 2016
Round 1 goes to Hillary Clinton. Anyone who watched the debate Monday night clearly saw Donald Trump, who had maintained a relatively solid footing fo...
Guest Columns, Opinion
Jul 23, 2016
While definitions of the “American Dream” can be as diverse as the people who make up this great nation, there has been a long-held belief that each c...
Guest Columns, Opinion
Jun 29, 2016
After more than four years of fighting efforts by bureaucrats at the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to circumvent the Legislature and re...
Guest Columns, Opinion
Jun 15, 2016
The massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Conn., in December 2012 had a profound impact on how I would vote as a member of the U.S. Sen...
Guest Columns, Opinion
Jun 10, 2016
Just three weeks remain in the state’s fiscal year, and with the memory of the fiscal year 2015-16 state budget impasse still fresh in everyone’s mind...
Guest Columns, Opinion
May 30, 2016
To those families of servicemen and women who have paid the ultimate price in defending our freedom, our heartfelt sympathy and unending gratitude. Th...
Guest Columns, Opinion
May 24, 2016
Currently, I serve as the superintendent of the Otto-Eldred School District. I am also a proud parent of four current or soon to be Otto-Eldred studen...
Guest Columns, Opinion
May 19, 2016
Want to know a thought that keeps business leaders up at night? “ We will not have enough good workers to meet our needs.” Unfortunately, that exact s...
Guest Columns, Opinion
May 17, 2016
Revival meetings; does anyone else remember them? They were pretty common occurrences among evangelical churches when I was coming of age (although in...
Guest Columns, Opinion
Apr 12, 2016
We have all seen the headlines. It seems each day we read yet another story about a tragic death due to heroin or opioid drugs. Hospital emergency dep...
Guest Columns, Opinion
Apr 06, 2016
Rural Pennsylvania's chances to ever have a strong economy again are severely at risk. Gov. Tom Wolf filled the leadership posts of two agencies — the...
Guest Columns, News, Opinion
Mar 16, 2016
Often, the image of opioid addiction in America today is that of a working-age adult who first turned to painkillers for relief from a back injury. Or...
Guest Columns, Opinion
Mar 15, 2016
Pennsylvania is in crisis — a crisis that threatens our future. There are two paths we can take. Governor Wolf is fighting to invest in education, eli...
Guest Columns, Opinion
Mar 12, 2016
March has been designated as Intellectual Disabilities Awareness Month in recognition of individuals with an intellectual disability and their familie...
Guest Columns, Opinion
Jan 19, 2016
Thanks to a seven-month budget stalemate, Pennsylvania state government begins 2016 without a full budget, leaving the short and long term needs of ev...
Guest Columns, Opinion
Jan 01, 2016
As 2015 draws to a close, I wanted to report on what I and my nearly 12,000 colleagues at PennDOT have done for you this year. On the road and bridge ...
Guest Columns, Opinion
Dec 31, 2015
When it comes to energy, 2015 has been a good year for Pennsylvania — and the future outlook is just as promising. Marcellus Shale has led Pennsylvani...
Guest Columns, Opinion
Nov 11, 2015
After reading the Associated Press article carried in The Era on Monday, Nov. 2 entitled “Many Teen Sex Assault Victims Get Subpar ER Care, study says...
Nation & World
July 1, 2025
(TNS) — After a Delta passenger was told to spit out his tobacco-free nicotine Zyn pouch on his flight, people are confused about airline policy on th...
Nation & World, PA State News
July 1, 2025
(TNS) — Amid a budget bill battle on Capitol Hill, an obviously frustrated U.S. Sen. John Fetterman told reporters that he wants “to go home” and lame...
Business, Local News, PA State News
July 1, 2025
HARRISBURG Omnipresent digital advertising that appears in search results, on websites, in social media feeds, and as commercial interruptions to dig...
Business, Nation & World, PA State News
July 1, 2025
(TNS) — Every Wednesday starting July 9, two new freight ships, Copan and Quetzal, will alternate docking at Holt Logistics LLC’s Gloucester City term...
Business, Nation & World, PA State News
July 1, 2025
(TNS) — Volvo Construction Equipment plans to invest $261 million to strengthen its crawler excavator production at three sites, including one plant i...
Business, Nation & World, PA State News
July 1, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — A proposal to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade was soundly defeated in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, ...
