Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 06, 2021
Every elected official has good causes they would like to pursue and good ideas to get off the ground that are restrained by two things. First, you ne...
News
Oct 27, 2021
HARRISBURG (AP) — The Pennsylvania House voted unanimously Wednesday to expand income eligibility limits for the state’s prescription drug subsidy pro...
News
Oct 01, 2021
HARRISBURG — The state Senate on Wednesday voted to extend waivers of an array of regulatory statutes, rules and regulations to aid in Pennsylvania’s ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 30, 2021
In March 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic erupted, Gov. Tom Wolf declared an emergency. It was the right move at the time. That does not, however, me...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 13, 2021
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jun 12, 2021
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Pennsylvania lawmakers sure were eager to flex their new powers. The House and Senate voted Thursday to end the disaster declaration...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 18, 2021
State legislators trying to strip the executive branch of much of its discretion regarding emergency management have complained that the Wolf administ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 26, 2021
Four years after the Legislature eliminated registration stickers that vehicle owners used to have to affix to their license plates, someone who misse...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 11, 2021
More than 15 years ago, many state-level politicians were so eager for gas industry investment in Pennsylvania that they treated drillers as benefacto...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 08, 2021
Republican state legislators often champion local government control, as when they insist on sending most proceeds from the natural gas local impact f...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 24, 2020
The almost-too-late pandemic relief package passed by Congress will help preclude the Dickens-era prospect of as many as 240,000 Pennsylvania families...
Dec 11, 2020
Pennsylvania is “on pause” from now until Jan. 4, Gov. Tom Wolf said Thursday when introducing a new set of temporary mitigation measures to try to st...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 25, 2020
Borrowing a page from history, the Legislature has approved a bill that will take a significant step toward rural economic development at little cost ...
Editorials
Nov 24, 2020
Borrowing a page from history, the Legislature has approved a bill that will take a significant step toward rural economic development at little cost ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 14, 2020
Why limit yourself to the far-fetched when the utterly fantastical is an option? President Donald Trump’s challenges of the outcome of the presidentia...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 12, 2020
In its effort to challenge vote counts in key states, the Trump campaign has filed lots of lawsuits that have little chance of winning. But there is o...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 11, 2020
Pennsylvania long has been considered a presidential “swing” state, to the point that it has been the hinge on the White House door for the past two p...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 07, 2020
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — This week’s election has been referred to by many as the “election like no other.” I hope that’s true, and what happened this week n...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 02, 2020
American voters have taken to heart the opportunity to vote early and by mail to beat the pandemic and the suddenly sluggish U.S. Postal Service. By F...
Editorials
Sep 30, 2020
Voting is generally seen as a very simple equation. Yes or no. This one or that one. Separate. Count. Whoever has the most votes wins. Easy, right? An...
Nation & World, PA State News
June 15, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
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...
