News, PA State News
May 17, 2024
HARRISBURG — Though dozens of states make their legislative sessions viewable live and on-demand, Pennsylvania stands out. It’s one of only a few stat...
News, PA State News
Jan 11, 2023
HARRISBURG — Republicans who control Pennsylvania's Senate on Wednesday kicked off the new legislative session by pushing through a trio of proposed c...
News, PA State News
Jan 06, 2023
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s new state House speaker declared Friday that no other legislation will be taken up by his chamber until it approves a cons...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 04, 2023
Commonwealth Court Judge Ellen Ceisler has not yet filed an opinion to support her ruling Friday that there are no valid legal grounds for legislative...
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 09, 2022
Millions of Americans now turn to social media for news, at least sometimes, and it’s clear that much of the “news” that they consume is not journalis...
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
Sep 20, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — With inflation topping 8% this year for the first time since 1981, Pennsylvania officials are mulling what to do about state and ...
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...
Editorials
Jul 18, 2022
The war on drugs has been long, hard-fought and expensive. Since the 1970s, America has battled wave after wave of new, more lethal drugs hitting our ...
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 — Republican state senators outvoted impassioned Democratic opposition late Thursday to advance a proposal to add language to the Pennsylva...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jun 20, 2022
Given the state’s political structure, it’s natural to think of the Legislature in terms of the major political parties. But that’s just part of the s...
News, PA State News
Apr 26, 2022
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvanians who are college-worthy — even if perhaps not financially equipped — need a fairer shot at affording a state-owned un...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 22, 2022
Just like that, tyranny has descended on Florida. The state legislature, with the support of Gov. Ron DeSantis, voted to repeal the “special independe...
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 18, 2022
In a combination of overstatement and bad timing, the Legislature’s nonpartisan Independent Fiscal Office needlessly has complicated the simple questi...
News, PA State News
Feb 04, 2022
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Lawmakers are set to take the first serious step toward legalizing recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania. A hearing scheduled Mond...
News
Dec 21, 2021
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's highest court on Tuesday hammered a final nail into the coffin of a proposed victims' rights constitutional amendment that...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 04, 2021
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Let the games begin. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has fired the first shot in what could be the penultimate battle of his two-term tug-o...
PA State News
June 15, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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...
