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WASHINGTON (TNS) — Heading into Tax Day, if you listen to progressive policymakers for a few minutes, you’ll likely hear that few problems on Earth ca...

Pennsylvania's annual, acrimonious budget season will take place this year under far more uncertain conditions than usual, with skyrocketing Medicaid ...

DEAR RUSTY: I am 65 and currently working full time. Can I apply for and start receiving my Social Security benefit? I'd expect to have to pay income ...

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...

Even presidential candidates aren’t powerful enough to stop unintended consequences. During her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Conventio...

CAMP HILL — The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau has lauded that the 2024-25 state budget funds the creation of an animal health diagnostic lab in Western Pen...

DEAR RUSTY: I’m just trying to figure out how to determine whether to retire at 65 or 67 and, if I retire, approximately how much could I make outside...

DEAR RUSTY: I hope you can give me some information about a question that has come up in my family. My husband is retired and has reached full retirem...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Achieving the American dream of homeownership can be tough these days between a shortage of housing stock and the high cost of borr...

One of the most persistent myths in politics is that rich have lower tax rates than middle-income workers . New data shows how false that is. The Join...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania has some good economic news: its general fund revenues are higher than expected — and next year’s are expected to grow by an...

Pennsylvania property owners need better friends in Harrisburg. On Tuesday, the state House of Representatives passed a bill with the kind of overwhel...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvanians who use federal student loan forgiveness programs won’t have to worry about being hit with an unexpected surprise in...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — With less than two years left in his term, Gov. Tom Wolf is running out of time to implement his agenda. That’s the only reason I ca...

HARRISBURG — The Department of Revenue announced the deadline for taxpayers to file their 2019 Pennsylvania personal income tax returns is extended to...

Tax day is Tuesday. And for some, the day is one of anticipation of a refund from the state or federal government. For others, the day is a nightmare ...

“You have heard the phrase, ‘if it sounds too good to be true, it is.’ The phrase ‘property tax elimination’ sounds good as a headline but the details...

STATE TAXES: While there’s almost nothing we can count on more than the annual visit from the taxman, the animal comes back in slightly different form...