politics

The Biden budget deficit this fiscal year probably will exceed $1.6 trillion. This from a president who has repeatedly tried to pass himself off as a ...

ATLANTA — Groups pushing tighter gun laws have been building political muscle through multiple elections, boosted by the outcry following mass shootin...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — GOP 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump is all of a sudden something more than a past president. He is a convicted felon, bran...

The University of North Carolina spends an estimated $90 million each year on 686 employees who in one way or another push diversity, equity and inclu...

In 2010, the Supreme Court issued its Citizens United decision, leading to an explosion in political spending and the rise of dark money groups thatex...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — As the pandemic plunged families into financial uncertainty, even temporary safety nets and bigger paychecks haven’t been enough to...

Are we witnessing, and participating in, the real-time death of our democracy with eyes wide shut? Most of the democracies that have died since the en...

When considering Pennsylvania’s economic competitiveness, or lack thereof, the stubborn fact is that the state is continuing to get smaller, older and...

HARRISBURG – When questions on land use arise in the General Assembly, Pennsylvania politicians play a game of role reversal. Republicans, generally q...

The Pennsylvania House Education Committee this week approved school funding legislation that, if passed into law, would mean local districts would pa...

Property blight is a common problem across Pennsylvania, but municipal leaders struggle to build the capacity to deal with it. When recalcitrant prope...

RIDGWAY – North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission willl host a free webinar on cybersecurity from 1 to 2 p.m. June 17 ...

The American Association of University Women of Bradford (AAUW-Bradford) has given Patricia Huff Stromberg its Outstanding Woman award for meritorious...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A pro-Palestine protest that occupied the University of Pittsburgh’s campus for about 30 hours came to an end early Tuesday morning...

The response to the Donald Trump verdict was predictable, as partisans raced for their corners. But President Joe Biden’s comments were particularly t...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The debate over school vouchers is heating up again. And this time, both sides are coming to the fight, a lot more organized — and ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Former President Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records in New York is an ignoble first. No...

HARRISBURG – After months of criticism, House legislators grilled leaders of the Pennsylvania Game Commission over the independent agency’s internal p...

DETROIT (TNS) — Democrats should be dinged for an in-kind contribution to the Donald Trump campaign for bringing the criminal charges that resulted in...

Being a “purple state,” Pennsylvania has more than its share of Democrats who are self-described moderates. And, because they’re Democrats, many in th...