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(TNS) — Trying to fill open seats in Pennsylvania General Assembly this legislative session has been an expensive proposition. Nine special elections ...

(TNS) — It seems far-fetched at first — that $4 million could wipe out $400 million in medical debt held by Pennsylvanians who might otherwise be houn...

SHINGLEHOUSE — For three local gymnasts — Laci Miller-Geiger, Anna Schuessler and Ashley Oswayo, their high school senior year competitive season is u...

The McKean County Commissioners on Tuesday appointed Carolyn Newhouse, executive director of the Bradford Area Alliance (BAA), as McKean County’s advi...

(TNS) — Pennsylvania lawmakers are proposing safeguards against deceptively accurate voice impersonations and “deepfake” visuals created with artifici...

Of all the drama that the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s leader has dealt with, the biggest has been over the hunting calendar. And, more recently, me...

Once again, Americans are watching the same drama: If Congress doesn’t come to a funding agreement, parts of the federal government could shut down at...

To understand the dangers of an overactive administrative state, go back to high school civics class. You learned that the Founding Fathers divided Am...

Lawmakers must help first responders by passing legislation addressing train transport of hazardous materials On Feb. 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern trai...

DuBOIS — The CEO of Penn Highlands testified recently before a Senate committee on issues that threaten rural healthcare, and strategies that could be...

Treating drug addiction is two-fold: one part is law enforcement reducing the supply and another is getting addicts the help they need to recover. Suc...

(TNS) — When it comes to marijuana legalization, Gov. Josh Shapiro envisions Pennsylvania being the first state in the nation to put its agriculture d...

Cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania are a different animal from the run-of-the-mill public school. A charter school is still a public institution. I...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Washington is once again facing a potential shutdown . Funding for the federal government will run out in early March unless the Ho...

Frances Sherman VFWA met Wednesday in the VFW club rooms. Membership is closing in on being 100 percent. Addresses for deployed service members have b...

Donald Trump has just a few weeks to find a way to pay, or guarantee that he will pay, the $355 million fine that a New York judge imposed on him in t...

(TNS) — The Biden administration this week announced that it will automatically discharge the student loans of nearly 153,000 borrowers, wiping out ar...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Lawmakers on Tuesday began their public scrutiny of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposed $48.3 billion budget for fiscal 2024-25 and immedi...

McKean County has been awarded $17,679 in federal funding under Phase 41 of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP). Congress appropriates funds...

Gov. Josh Shapiro thinks mass transit is too big to fail. In his recent budget address, Shapiro pitched sending roughly $300 million every year from P...