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Safely reducing recidivism among people released from prison long has been one of the most difficult questions for the criminal justice system and, es...

What is happening — or, rather, not happening — in Harrisburg can be briefly explained in playground terms. The Democratic governor made a decision th...

Last month, the Michigan House passed Bill 4474 — legislation that would expand the state’s existing Ethnic Intimidation Act beyond current protection...

It really is like Christmas in July for the Eldred Borough and the borough’s water authority, both of which received news of millions of reasons to sm...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — State Rep. Sara Innamorato resigned from the House on Wednesday, a move which will give her more time to focus on her campaign for ...

A long, cold state budget impasse marks the long, hot summer at the state Capitol. Lawmakers will beat the heat by taking off the rest of the summer —...

There has been a highly political battle on Capitol Hill — actually, that’s the only kind of battle they have on Capitol Hill — over U.S. defense poli...

House Republicans voted to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs and personnel at the Pentagon, and one wonders whether the U.S. military will ...

WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania’s Democratic U.S. Senators, Bob Casey and John Fetterman, introduced the Veterans Exposed to Toxic (VET) PFAS Act to require...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — It isn’t hard to imagine Gov. Josh Shapiro as one of those children who preferred “The McLaughlin Group” to “Sesame Street;” who to...

A federal judge last week held that the federal government tried to skirt the First Amendment when it pressured social media companies to suppress “mi...

A state appellate court struck a strong blow for government transparency last week and, in the process, illustrated why the state’s Right-to-Know Law ...

Book-banning has endured since Gutenberg's invention of movable type in 1450 enabled mass production of printed material. Multiple European monarchs b...

If there’s one thing that defines the Biden Administration and the modern Democratic Party (and the modern Republican Party too, but who’s counting?),...

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville misses few chances to tout both his career as a college football coach and his love for the military. It’s all the more ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. ...

Taxpayers, who employ Pennsylvania legislators, should reimburse those employees for the expenses that they incur while conducting the public business...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro talks a big game. He claims to be “competitive as hell,” and he campaigned for governor boasting that he “takes on big ...

WASHINGTON — A group of Democratic senators has introduced a bill that would provide support to the organic farming industry. The Organic Science and ...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — You can be forgiven for being confused aboutPennsylvania'sbudget. Gov.Josh ShapiroandSenate Republicanshave gone out of their way...