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The administration of formerPennsylvaniaGov.Tom Wolf spent tens of thousands of public dollars to hire private law firms — information that Wolf's off...

Social media has impacted us all, even those who only post occasionally. And sure, many realize that they spend “a lot” of time on social media — but ...

Republicans and Democrats may be sharply divided, but they are nearly unanimous that the voices of everyday constituents must never be drowned out by ...

McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer had a lengthy response to The Era asking about wages and bonuses approved by the McKean C...

We are blessed to live in a country with strong First Amendment freedoms. Thanks to bipartisan legislation enacted this summer, the people of Pennsylv...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University has named Paula Fidurko Bernstein as its new assistant d...

The McKean County commissioners have introduced the 2025 budget with a 10.20% increase. While none of the three commissioners immediately returned mes...

The #iGiveCatholic campaign is a 24-hour online giving event to unite Catholics across the nation (and the world) to come together and raise as many c...

The United Way of the Bradford Area announced its 2024 Annual Campaign, “Back to the Community,” has reached its halfway point. With just a few months...

The American Refining Group – Our Legacy Fund Committee launched its first official grant cycle dedicated to supporting and empowering nonprofit organ...

Finding an attorney in rural Pennsylvania might not be as easy as one might think. The Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board reports that 81 attorneys are l...

Last week, 14 state attorneys general , including New York AG Tish James , sued the social media platform TikTok for allegedly damaging young users’ m...

A mentor of mine once declared, “No matter what you think’s going on, there’s more going on.” I have long held a tendency to give people the benefit o...

NEWSPAPERS: It’s National Newspaper Week. This year marks the 84th celebration. Since 1940, Newspaper Association Managers has sponsored and supported...

(Editor’s note: The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) As the presidential e...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The Democratic and Republican candidates for Pennsylvania Attorney General on Thursday night faced off on an array of issues includ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — When Peter Hotez set off to create low-cost vaccines, he never expected to open his phone to see Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calling him ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Activists demanding campaign finance and lobbying reforms staked out the office of Pennsylvania’s state Senate leader on Monday — a...

A few days before a cautionary cancellation of school and activities in Ridgway Area School District, Superintendent Heather McMahon-Vargas brought up...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) announced St. Marys Public Library is one of 14 lib...