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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...

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...

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...

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...

After more than four years of fighting efforts by bureaucrats at the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to circumvent the Legislature and re...

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...

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...

To those families of servicemen and women who have paid the ultimate price in defending our freedom, our heartfelt sympathy and unending gratitude. Th...

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...

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...

Revival meetings; does anyone else remember them? They were pretty common occurrences among evangelical churches when I was coming of age (although in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

March has been designated as Intellectual Disabilities Awareness Month in recognition of individuals with an intellectual disability and their familie...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...