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NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — Jacob Holmberg of Coudersport, Pa., was named to the SUNY New Paltz dean’s list for the spring 2024 semester. Students must earn at ...

One characteristic of American life distinguishes our country from all other democracies: Our political campaigns are never-ending. The moment one ele...

For many decades, possessing even a small amount of marijuana could mean big legal trouble. Regardless of whether someone caught with a personal-use a...

“Out in Harrisburg, it’s fairly common,” said state Rep. Tim O’Neal of swanky, invitation-only, off-the-books gatherings of lobbyists and legislators....

Rather unexpectedly, the 117th Congress is shaping up to be one of the most productive in recent memory. A new compromise reached by Sen. Joe Manchin ...

It was four in the afternoon on March 10, 1991, when the first planned explosion of Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons went off at the U.S. weapons dep...

Conservatives who want an economic policy that supports parents have long been a minority faction within the Republican Party. In 2017, when Republica...

Pennsylvania property owners need better friends in Harrisburg. On Tuesday, the state House of Representatives passed a bill with the kind of overwhel...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — It’s a game of numbers for Democrats in Washington who want bold reform on a number of key boilerplate issues. But even if they add...

President Joe Biden’s administration hasn’t gotten a handle on the desperate crisis at our southern border any more than the administration of Donald ...

Nationwide, local and state politicians often resist reforms to reduce violence committed by police, even though sensible reforms would serve officers...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Criminal justice reform advocates and some state lawmakers have been working to change Pennsylvania’s probation system for years, a...

Before Gov. Tom Corbett appointed John Wetzel as secretary of the state Department of Corrections in 2011, the job primarily was about operations. But...

The Democrats’ sprawling voting rights bill, known on Capitol Hill as HR 1, is dead. Officially, the bill is still clinging to life. But Sen. Joe Manc...

Say the word “gun” and you can instantly divide people. Some want to enact laws and restrictions in hopes of curtailing violent crimes. Some are just ...

Texas is the latest state to have a big fight over reforming its election laws. Remember that in Georgia, some Democrats — like President Joe Biden — ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., will introduce two bipartisan policing reform bills to address the high incidence rate of violence invo...

America held its breath. ”Guilty.” ”Guilty.” ”Guilty.” And the sigh was released. The verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial confirmed what the country al...

It’s not 2007 again. But apparently no one has told George W. Bush. To coincide with the release of a book of his paintings of immigrants, “Out of Man...

Due to a scheduling conflict, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has moved one of its Black History Month panel presentations scheduled for next...