policy

Articles have been published in the Times Herald voicing displeasure with unmasked and unvaccinated individuals, and attacking our county leaders who ...

Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is indisputably good at one part of his job — always referring to the migrant surg...

SMETHPORT — The Smethport Area School Board approved a site agreement Monday whereby the district will become a satellite delivery site for the Rural ...

The rise in COVID-19 cases in the region has had an impact on area nursing homes, many of which are limiting visitation again. Guy and Mary Felt Manor...

The U.S. Supreme Court did President Joe Biden a favor in ordering the reinstatement of the “Remain in Mexico” policy governing asylum-seekers from Ce...

After 36 years of a policy that fueled human trafficking and infanticide, destroyed homes and robbed people of their agency and human rights, the Chin...

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently published the first major installment of its Sixth Assessment Report. It...

“Apply for our annual Latino scholarship!” … “Enter our Hispanic essay contest!” … “Now hiring minorities!” Growing up Mexican American in Portland, O...

HARRISBURG (AP) — The union that represents about 10,000 guards in Pennsylvania’s state prisons told Gov. Tom Wolf Thursday it plans legal action to s...

The unrest on Cuba’s streets is the biggest challenge to the country’s communist government in decades. And it poses a dilemma for the Biden administr...

HARRISBURG — The Center for Rural Pennsylvania announced its new virtual 2021 Rural Policy Summit series, the first of which will be held July 22 at 9...

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

When it comes to health care, the Biden administration has a clear goal: to strip away state flexibility and consolidate greater federal control — so ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Whether you agree with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s politics or you think his lifting of COVID-19 restrictions was the result of “Nean...

There has been a seismic change in the country’s public opinion toward the legalization of adult-use cannabis sales, including here in Pennsylvania. A...

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., announced that he was named to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, which oversees the ...

Along with many Pennsylvanians, I was astounded upon learning that the state secretary of health, Dr. Rachel Levine, was nominated to serve in the new...

President Joseph Robinette Biden gave a fine inaugural address Wednesday. Instead of celebrating American might, as new presidents so often do in inau...

One of Joe Biden’s first priorities as president will be to risk stoking a new migrant crisis. After much trial and error, President Donald Trump came...

COUDERSPORT — Effective Monday, access to the F.W. Gunzburger Potter County Office Building will be limited to appointment only. A similar policy is a...