Opinion, Сolumns
May 15, 2025
The Department of Government Efficiency says it has cut $165 billion of wasteful spending from the federal government, based on its self-reported numb...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 14, 2025
National Public Radio frequently claims that less than 1% of its funding comes from the federal government, an argument used to criticize President Do...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 12, 2025
Since 2017, Harvard University has received more money from the federal government than from its own students’ tuition, according to OpenTheBooks’ rev...
Local News, News
May 09, 2025
DEAR RUSTY: Does everyone need to sign up for Medicare Part A, even if you are ex-military? Or only on Medicaid, regardless of whether you are eligibl...
Local News, News
May 07, 2025
OLEAN, N.Y. — SUNY Jamestown Community College recently introduced a scholarship that will make a JCC education more affordable for Pennsylvania stude...
Local News, News
May 02, 2025
ASK RUSTY: I am writing to ask for your advice on when I should sign up or enroll in a Medicare Plan. I have submitted an early retirement application...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 02, 2025
President Donald Trump is spending taxpayer money 10% faster than Joe Biden was at this time last year, according to daily financial statements releas...
Local News, News, PA State News
Apr 30, 2025
HARRISBURG — Treasurer Stacy Garrity encourages families to save for education with this year’s 529 Day promotion. Families who save with the PA 529 C...
Local News, News, PA State News
Apr 28, 2025
HARRISBURG — As it stands, the PA Housing and Rehabilitation Enhancement Fund, or PHARE, is capped at $100 million of the state’s ballooning budget. B...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 24, 2025
Elon Musk is reportedly planning to spend less time tending to the budget-cutting DOGE project and more time on his businesses, according to Politico,...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 17, 2025
If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that i...
Business, Local News, News
Apr 11, 2025
DEAR RUSTY: I am going to be 67 in a few weeks and I plan on working for another year or two. According to Social Security, they count the best 35 yea...
News, PA State News
Apr 11, 2025
HARRISBURG — The line drawn between skill games tax proposals is thick. For Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Williamsport, collecting 16% from businesses is fair. For...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 10, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Heading into Tax Day, if you listen to progressive policymakers for a few minutes, you’ll likely hear that few problems on Earth ca...
Local News, Nation & World, News, ...
Apr 10, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS)—People have just a few days now to file their taxes. And as the season nearly draws to a close with the deadline approaching, the Int...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 08, 2025
A $400 per month fuel stipend for every employee who comes into the office to work. Concessions, parking, and tickets to a major league baseball game ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 07, 2025
States and the federal government spent $4.3 billion on Medicaid for hundreds of thousands of patients who were already insured in other states, accor...
Business, Local News, News
Mar 28, 2025
DEAR RUSTY: My wife and I are collecting Social Security. We both started receiving SS at 62 years old. That said, we get by on a tight budget. A reti...
Business, Local News, News
Mar 21, 2025
DEAR RUSTY: I have questions concerning the deduction of money from my Social Security benefit amount as it relates to the sale of investment property...
Nation & World, News
Mar 20, 2025
(TNS) — Several significant policy changes affecting Social Security recipients and applicants get underway this month. One of the changes is designed...
Local Sports
June 21, 2025
(TNS) —The Penguins on Friday announced Dan Muse's first coaching staff in Pittsburgh. Nick Bonino is a name most Penguins fans will know. He just hun...
Local Sports
June 21, 2025
ST. MARYS — Clean, smart baseball carried Bradford Regional Little League (BRLL) Major Baseball All-Stars to a 3-2 victory over St. Marys in both team...
Nation & World, PA State News
June 21, 2025
GARDNERS (AP) — Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles (11 kilometers) through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down outside a ...
Lifestyles
June 21, 2025
Dear Heloise: I am writing on the topic of donating yearbooks as a former board member of a local historical society. Please advise your readers to co...
Lifestyles
June 21, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I was once a stay-at-home wife. I did all the cooking, housekeeping, etc. Due to a downturn in the industry where my husband was a highly p...
Round the Square
June 21, 2025
WORDS: Once upon a time, a spinster was a woman who spun thread for a living, a villain was a farmhand or peasant and "nice" meant foolish or gullible...
