politics

HARRISBURG — The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee was warned earlier this week of the lurking taxpayer cost for plugging orphaned an...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Gov. Josh Shapiro described his first 100 days since he was sworn into office on Jan. 17 as “humbling.” “I feel a real sense of res...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — More than 1.2 million registered Pennsylvania voters can’t take part in the state’s “closed” party primary elections. A veteran sta...

GALETON — The PA Route 6 Alliance is requesting nominations for their annual “Do 6” Awards recognizing individuals, groups, projects and communities t...

BOSTON (TNS) — The firings of Tucker Carlson at Fox and CNN’s Don Lemon sent shock waves through the news landscape and could be a sign that both cabl...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington has spent more than four years methodically overhauling the organization from the ...

National Library Week 2023, from April 23 through 29, celebrates what libraries have to offer communities. Don’t forget to thank the staff for all the...

DUBOIS — The Bradford track team narrowly lost to DuBois as they traveled to take on the Beavers, with the boys losing 85-65 and the girls losing by a...

Once a fixture at Radio City Music Hall, the NFL draft has been an even bigger hit since it took to the road. When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell step...

Recognized by both the Pennsylvania State House and Senate, April 23-29, has been declared “Conservation District Week.” Locally, the McKean County Co...

This region is in the midst of an unprecedented second public comment period for the Duke Low military operations area, and officials are urging peopl...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Newly empowered Pennsylvania House Democrats, in a position to move election legislation for the first time since the 2020 election...

Joe Biden is going to run for reelection. One question this raises: How is anyone going to tell? The basement presidency is about to embark on another...

The Texas state Senate, apparently having solved all the problems in the Lone Star State, voted the other day to require every public elementary and s...

Sometimes a single statistic makes it obvious that a public policy has been an utter failure. Just look at New York City. The Big Apple is experiencin...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Pennsylvania regulators have backed off some of their most far-reaching demands for Equitrans Corp. following the company’s massive...

FORTH WORTH, Texas (TNS) — If you feel like drag queens are ubiquitous these days, you aren’t wrong. Whether it’s public libraries , advertisements or...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Last week, a Wall Street Journal poll reported that former President Donald Trump had opened a wide lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSa...

Even though no part of the Chesapeake Bay is in Pennsylvania, the state always has had a higher bar to meet than other states engaged in the joint eff...

Democrats and progressives have nothing but contempt for the Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and they deplore, at least rhet...