Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 12, 2023
The drama is over. WithRepublicansfinally installing Rep.Kevin McCarthyofCaliforniaas speaker of theHouse of Representatives, that body can get going ...
News, PA State News
Jan 10, 2023
HARRISBURG — A week after he was a surprise choice to become speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Democratic state Rep. Mark Rozzi ca...
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Jan 08, 2023
As Republican infighting debilitates Washington, lawmakers at some U.S. statehouses have managed to launch sessions complicated by similar GOP partisa...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 08, 2023
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Pennsylvania has a new speaker of the state House, Rep. Mark Rozzi of Berks County. Rozzi, a Democrat who is best known for fighting...
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Jan 06, 2023
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s new state House speaker declared Friday that no other legislation will be taken up by his chamber until it approves a cons...
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Jan 03, 2023
HARRISBURG — The narrowly divided state House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved a logjam over control of the chamber by making its new speaker a ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 02, 2023
The 118th Congress convenes today with each party holding a slim majority in one chamber. In the Senate, a Democratic coalition enjoys a 51-49 advanta...
News, PA State News
Dec 08, 2022
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania House Democrats’ claim that they hold the majority in the 203-member chamber in an ongoing power struggle has been rej...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 08, 2022
This holiday season, working families across America are struggling through the worst bout of inflation in decades. A typical household has lost more ...
News, PA State News
Dec 06, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner says that the Republican-led drive to impeach and remove him from office was part of...
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Nov 22, 2022
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Rep. Bryan Cutler, current Speaker of the Pennsylvania House, will continue to lead the state House Republican caucus into the new ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 18, 2022
Kevin McCarthy may now have the hardest job in Washington. Assuming that he becomes speaker of the House, which will require the near-unanimous suppor...
News, PA State News
Nov 17, 2022
HARRISBURG (TNS) — The Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted along mostly partisan lines Wednesday to impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Lar...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 17, 2022
Democrats will control the Senate and, it seems, Republicans, the House in the 118th Congress starting on Jan. 3, but the current 117th session still ...
News, PA State News
Oct 28, 2022
HARRISBURG – The General Assembly has approved and sent to the governor’s desk legislation authored by Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, to end the s...
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 27, 2022
As Election Day approaches, I often find myself thinking of H.L. Mencken. Particularly during off-year contests. “The Sage of Baltimore,” as he was kn...
News
Oct 26, 2022
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania state House Republicans on Wednesday introduced a measure to impeach Philadelphia’s Democratic district attorney, saying the...
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 24, 2022
WASHINGTON (TNS) — With Election Day two weeks away, Republican prospects of taking control of the House of Representatives , already strong, appear t...
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 17, 2022
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Three weeks before election day, the race for control of the U.S. Senate sits on a razor’s edge. The stakes are enormous. With Repu...
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 24, 2022
There has been a surge of optimism among Democrats lately when it comes to November’s midterm elections. The short version of the thinking is: Maybe w...
PA State News
June 15, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
PA State News
June 14, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
Local News, Nation & World
June 14, 2025
Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
June 14, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
Local Sports
June 14, 2025
BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
Local Sports, Sports
June 14, 2025
(TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
