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Lawmakers realize we have a pervasive nursing home abuse problem in America. Nursing home COVID deaths are nearing 200,000. More glaringly, a bipartis...

Transparency and accountability come in small steps where the state Legislature is concerned. The recent announcement that the state Senate soon will ...

Why is fiscal accountability such a far reach for state lawmakers? They routinely talk about the need to reform the current expense reimbursement syst...

Advocacy groups who campaigned the last several years for legislation that would revamp the way Pennsylvania’s redistricting is handled didn’t get wha...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., is re-introducing a bill to increase the affordability of long-term care insurance. Toomey’s Long-Term Care ...

Police departments across Pennsylvania have a new law to enforce. This law is a little different than most. It is one they will have to enforce agains...

Until the state Legislature finally passed a strong law in 2008 to regulate dog-breeding and kennels, Pennsylvania was known as “the puppy mill capita...

ERIE — A resident of Bradford has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of childre...

Wouldn’t it be great if you could swing by your neighborhood pub and grab a margarita to take home and sip on your deck in this fine summer weather? Y...

Nobody likes to be sued. It’s even worse when it’s the federal government coming after you. Yet that’s the situation Georgia finds itself in, now that...

A notice from the City of Bradford Police on Wednesday spelled out some fireworks laws within the city limits. “There is nowhere in the immediate resi...

You’re cruising down the interstate. Maybe you’re going a little bit faster than you should be. Maybe not. But if you catch a glimpse of a state troop...

HARRISBURG — Sen. Cris Dush, R-Brookville, announced the passage of House Bill 957, sponsored by Representative Dan Moul, R-Gettysburg, through the Lo...

Shane Hvizdzak of Bradford has asked a federal judge to postpone a civil case against him pending the resolution of a not-yet-filed criminal case agai...

Pennsylvanians headed out last year to rediscover the great outdoors in record numbers. From hiking to camping, to fishing and hunting, outdoor activi...

Over the past 20 years, China has absorbed millions of U.S. jobs. It has stolen billions of dollars’ worth of intellectual property from American comp...

The state Legislature may not be able to stop the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s plan to toll the nine interstate highway bridges in the ...

In recent days the U.S. Justice Department has taken positions that have disappointed Democrats and others because they defend legal arguments that th...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Pennsylvania lawmakers sure were eager to flex their new powers. The House and Senate voted Thursday to end the disaster declaration...

Local legislators showed their support of the retention of Second Amendment rights Monday. The annual Second Amendment Rally was held in Harrisburg an...