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I have a confession when it comes to the culture war our society is mired in: I consider myself a pacifist on this front. As the battles rage on betwe...

HARRISBURG (AP) — When Philadelphia’s election board prepared to count ballots last year that were mailed in without the voter’s handwritten date, Rep...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Pennsylvania is a hugely important political battleground, but it hasn’t traditionally mattered much in presidential primaries. T...

Pfizer and the White House engaged in behind-the-scenes efforts to pressure social media companies into censoring truthful information about COVID-19 ...

The Biden administration has come under fire this week due to overcooked fears that it is planning a nationwide ban on gas stoves. The claim was spark...

WARREN — Northern Pennsylvania Regional College’s Board of Trustees meets monthly to advance the mission and vision of the College. Following the Janu...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — There were high hopes this would be the year that people who were sexually abused decades ago when they were kids finally would get ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., was sworn in as United States Representative of Pennsylvania’s 15th Congressional District for the ...

As another Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday approaches, our nation has much to celebrate as we strive toward MLK’s dream of a colorblind society. Si...

The drama is over. WithRepublicansfinally installing Rep.Kevin McCarthyofCaliforniaas speaker of theHouse of Representatives, that body can get going ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson is among 62 House Republicans pushing legislation that would ban abortions when a fetal heartbeat is ...

HARRISBURG — Dr. Val Arkoosh, an anesthesiologist who led Pennsylvania's third-most populous county through the pandemic before mounting a failed run ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Gov.-Elect Josh Shapiro has kept it simple for two of his latest Cabinet appointments, asking current state Agriculture Secretary R...

HARRISBURG — A week after he was a surprise choice to become speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Democratic state Rep. Mark Rozzi ca...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Rep. Kevin McCarthy won his 15th bid to become speaker of the House, but only at great cost. To win the votes he needed to secure t...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro continues to fill out his Cabinet by naming his nominees to head up the Departments of Education and Labor ...

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — When Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick asked Texas colleges to disavow critical race theory, the University of Texas faculty approved a resolu...

As Republican infighting debilitates Washington, lawmakers at some U.S. statehouses have managed to launch sessions complicated by similar GOP partisa...

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...

OLEAN, N.Y. — The Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation board of directors has announced that long-time Executive Director Karen Niemic Buchheit pla...