politics

The poet Robert Frost once said that a liberal is someone too broad-minded to take his own side in a fight. What would he say about those on the right...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Welcome back, LeBron James. Welcome for the first time, Paolo Banchero, Scottie Barnes, Jalen Brunson and Tyrese Maxey. All-Star w...

It’s getting to be that time of year. The Big 30 released its first installment of players who have accepted invitations to play in the 2024 Big 30 Al...

(TNS) — To borrow the words of someone who was also around the same time as Thomas Jefferson: “The cicadas are coming!” Two separate broods of the noi...

(TNS) — A bill to legalize distribution of clean needles and syringes to drug users was approved by a state House committee on Wednesday, with support...

(TNS) — Sunday hunting could finally happen in Pennsylvania — more than just three days a year. Members of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, an associatio...

(TNS) — State government employees are now eligible for two additional weeks of paid parental leave as well as expanded services for assistance in imp...

Port Allegany man Rajeev Pradhan has filed petitions to be on the Democratic ballot in the April 23 primary election for the 67th Legislative District...

Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818, never knew the precise date he was born, but later chose Feb. 14 as his birthdate. This week, we urge a...

LEETSDALE — Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor on Thursday joined members of the Leetsdale Volunteer Fire Relief Association (VFRA), State Sen. Devlin ...

MIDDLETOWN — A jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket was sold at Sheetz in Emporium. The ticket sold for the Feb. 13 draw...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday that would strengthen career counseling services and financi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operation...

The National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation of the February 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment at East Palestine, Ohio, near that sta...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Central Pennsylvania’s own Jeffrey Lord had reason to boast this week. Not only did former President Donald Trump summon him for a ...

Negotiations designed to secure the release of hostages taken during the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel “were productive and serious,” CNN repor...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania hunters, anglers, and boaters are utilizing the outdoors at relatively high rates, according to recent reports from state co...

HARRISBURG — Zippo lighters, Case knives, the Neighborhood Trolley from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” — what is the coolest thing made in Pennsylvania...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Democrats retained their slim majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Tuesday after voters elected a former school ...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania's 2024 primary election may lack drama in the high-stakes races for president and U.S. Senate, but the fields for lower...