Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 07, 2022
It’s highly unlikely that anyone turns cartwheels when they pay their property taxes, but the idea that the money is going to the school up the street...
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 07, 2022
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Now that the state Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of mail voting, it’s time for critics to stop whining about it and...
News, PA State News
Aug 05, 2022
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s U.S. lawmakers are urging the State Department to recognize the plight of a Pittsburgh-area resident who has been se...
News, PA State News
Jul 28, 2022
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor sued the state Legislature on Thursday over a package of proposed constitutional amendments that Repub...
News, PA State News
Jul 17, 2022
HARRISBURG (TNS)— When Pennsylvanians woke up last week to the news that they could soon be voting on whether the state should declare there is no rig...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 15, 2022
The new state budget resolves one problem that arose during the volatile 2020 election season. But because Republican lawmakers know a politically use...
News, Online Features, PA State News
Jul 12, 2022
HARRISBURG (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf and lawmakers wrapped up a budget package this week — nearly two weeks late — approving billions of dollars in new spe...
News, PA State News
Jul 10, 2022
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s $45.2 billion will bring hundreds of millions of new dollars to southwestern Pennsylvania, with record investments i...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 10, 2022
Right-wing social warriors in the state Legislature have backed off their effort to hold thousands ofPennsylvaniacollege students hostage to their ide...
News
Jul 08, 2022
HARRISBURG — Lawmakers overwhelmingly passed the main Pennsylvania state budget bill Friday, more than a week after it was due — a plan fattened by fe...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 07, 2022
A week into the state’s new fiscal year and Pennsylvania still didn’t have a state budget. Once again, lawmakers blew off the deadline, even though it...
News
Jul 05, 2022
UNIONTOWN (AP) — A state lawmaker from western Pennsylvania removed his name from the ballot for reelection after police filed a drunken driving charg...
News
Jul 05, 2022
HARRISBURG — Most Pennsylvania lawmakers were absent from the state Capitol on Tuesday, five days into the new budget year without a state government ...
News
Jul 01, 2022
HARRISBURG (AP) — State lawmakers gave their final approval to new restrictions on fireworks Friday but the rules will not be in place as July Fourth ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 01, 2022
The Spirit of ’76 is alive and well at the Supreme Court. Back then, the colonials rejected the rule of a far-away, unaccountable government. After se...
News, PA State News
Jun 30, 2022
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year won’t be complete on time for its June 30 deadline, and lawmakers plan to stay th...
News
Jun 21, 2022
HARRISBURG — State House Republicans blocked a proposal to prevent those ages 18 to 21 from possessing assault-style rifles on Tuesday by completely c...
News
Jun 13, 2022
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf and state lawmakers are launching into their busiest stretch: the horse-trading and budget-making weeks of June that are va...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jun 11, 2022
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Fireworks should have been set off at the stateCapitolon Wednesday to celebrate state legislators finally acknowledging they fouled ...
Jun 10, 2022
HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania state lawmakers are advancing proposed new limits on fireworks in response to growing complaints after a 5-year-old sta...
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...
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...
