News, PA State News
Jan 16, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Pennsylvania is a hugely important political battleground, but it hasn’t traditionally mattered much in presidential primaries. T...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 13, 2023
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 ...
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...
News, PA State News
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
Dec 27, 2022
Pennsylvania lawmakers have a remarkable talent for evading accountability. They won’t increase the state government’s percentage of school funding be...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 21, 2022
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — The Christmas season is a time to be cheery and celebrate the good things in life. So I will take a break from my running criticism ...
Editorials
Dec 14, 2022
In a rare bit of good news out of the U.S. Supreme Court, there are signs that three of the court’s six conservatives are poised to join its three lib...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 04, 2022
A former local state representative once joked that he wisely kept his sparkling new state-leased vehicle out of sight in his home garage when he was ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 02, 2022
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Solidarity apparently has an expiration date. In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, Pennsylvania lawmakers unanimously rejected a ...
PA State News
Nov 22, 2022
HARRISBURG (AP) — Inflation is gift-wrapping another big salary increase for hundreds of Pennsylvania state lawmakers, judges and top executive branch...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 20, 2022
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — For the first time in a dozen years, Democrats will have a big say on what legislation passes, or doesn’t pass, the Pennsylvania Gen...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 04, 2022
Musicians regularly oil their instruments' valves to reduce friction and ease play — much as private interests regularly oil some state politicians fo...
News, PA State News
Oct 27, 2022
HARRISBURG (AP) — State lawmakers have voted for an array of tax credits, including a massive incentive designed to help Pennsylvania land one of the ...
News
Oct 26, 2022
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania state House Republicans on Wednesday introduced a measure to impeach Philadelphia’s Democratic district attorney, saying the...
News, PA State News
Oct 25, 2022
HARRISBURG (TNS) — A Pennsylvania House committee searching for grounds to impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner issued what it called ...
News, Online Features
Sep 22, 2022
The region’s Republican lawmakers took a stand against abortion on Monday, joining the March for Life event in Harrisburg. Sen. Cris Dush, R-Brookvill...
Opinion, Сolumns
Sep 21, 2022
As state lawmakers trickle back to Harrisburg, state residents might be interested to know how the legislators spent their unduly long summer vacation...
News, PA State News
Sep 15, 2022
HARRISBURG (TNS) — A state lawmaker who has publicly shared his struggles with alcoholism wants to enlist the help of state liquor stores and restaura...
News, Outdoors, PA State News
Sep 14, 2022
PITTSBURGH (TNS) —State Fish and Boat Commissioners waited 17 years to reel in a funding increase, and even then it was only because lawmakers agreed ...
News, PA State News
Sep 09, 2022
HARRISBURG (TNS) — It’s been five years since “Pignellope” made her way to the Pennsylvania Capitol steps in Harrisburg to protest a forthcoming legis...
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...
Local Sports
June 14, 2025
The annual Allegheny -100 Hiking Challenge (A-100) was held last weekend. It is an event where hikers can choose to hike 100, 75, 50 or 25 miles along...
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
June 14, 2025
Summer is one of my favorite times of year. I love fishing and coaching baseball. However, what I love to do most in the summertime is setting up trai...
Lifestyles
June 14, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I am a mother of six and a grandma to four. We are a close family and enjoy each other's company. My mom is nearly 80. For reasons I could ...
