public policy

Tax increases get the attention, but regulations can be even costlier. The Committee to Unleash Prosperity recently found new rules imposed during the...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A majority of Pennsylvania residents, regardless of their political leanings, favor federal measures to ease financial strains on f...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s work requirement waiver for food stamps now lasts through Aug. 31, 2025. This is despite recent urging from Republican Hou...

WELLSBORO — Rep. Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford) is urging residents in flood-affected areas of Tioga County to beware of a person or persons claiming...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania schools will soon get state support to invest in solar energy. Gov. Josh Shapiro signed legislation Monday establishing a gr...

There has quite possibly never been a better time to live in rural America — and certainly in rural Pennsylvania. Thanks to an avalanche of strategic ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is refusing to help some local governments pay for storm recovery while its aid fund faces a $6.2 billion defi...

DEAR RUSTY: This is a matter that I find particularly irksome. My wife — a retired teacher — was told that, should I predecease her, she is not eligib...

HARRISBURG — A series of hearings on Pennsylvania’s transportation future revealed more desire for broader reforms, but also tensions from local and s...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) announced that 13 libraries across Pennsylvania have be...

Like the “Jeopardy!” game show, green energy subsidies have been Congress’ answer to every energy policy question. The first OPEC oil embargo of 1973-...

HARRISBURG — Long-term funding solutions still elude state lawmakers, leaving maintenance of Pennsylvania’s roads, bridges and public transit systems ...

HARRISBURG — After an hour-long community briefing that didn’t take questions from the public until 40 minutes passed, another forum for public engage...

Kamala Harris is hiding from tough questions, and Donald Trump appears wholly uninterested in the topic. As both major presidential candidates ignore ...

Less burdensome regulation has led to economic growth in some states, but Pennsylvania trails far behind. As the commonwealth slips in population and ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Government spending is stealing your future. Each year, the federal government takes and spends nearly one-quarter of every dollar ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Due to a glitch in the system, some Americans might receive two Social Security payments in August. And it’s a rare occasion, so fe...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — If you’re having trouble paying your bills today — much less saving any money — you’re not alone. The average savings rate in June ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency greatly underestimated how much money it needed to spend on the COVID-19 pandemic and now might not have enoug...

DEAR RUSTY: I’ve been told that members of Congress do not have Social Security deducted from their pay; Additionally, that their retirement dollars c...