PA State News
Nov 21, 2024
HARRISBURG (AP) — When Philadelphia’s election board prepared to count ballots last year that were mailed in without the voter’s handwritten date, Rep...
News, PA State News
Nov 21, 2024
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Despite the latest Franklin & Marshal Poll findings that show voters’ growing dissatisfaction with Pennsylvania’s election procedur...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 21, 2024
For all the speculation that goes on around Donald Trump and the 2024 Republican presidential nomination race, it's possible, even likely, that the mo...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 18, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — When Josh Shapiro took the oath of office Tuesday on a trio of Bibles, he didn’t just become the leader of Pennsylvania governmen...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 18, 2023
This column has written previously about the fundamental difference between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico b...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 17, 2023
George Santos is unbelievable. And that’s no exaggeration. Though folks routinely use the word “unbelievable” to refer to all sorts of things that are...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 17, 2023
Josh Shapiro, at 49, is Pennsylvania’s first post-baby-boom governor. Less certain is whether that will translate into better state governance. Pennsy...
News, PA State News
Jan 16, 2023
HARRISBURG (TNS) — The special elections to fill two vacant seats in the Pennsylvania state House — the subject of a contentious fight between Democra...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 13, 2023
Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives accomplished something that far longer eluded their federal counterparts: electing a leader for t...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 13, 2023
Republicans looked like they were heading for a no-win debacle on the House floor in their fight over speaker. Instead, Kevin McCarthy got over the to...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 12, 2023
As another Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday approaches, our nation has much to celebrate as we strive toward MLK’s dream of a colorblind society. Si...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 12, 2023
The drama is over. WithRepublicansfinally installing Rep.Kevin McCarthyofCaliforniaas speaker of theHouse of Representatives, that body can get going ...
News, PA State News
Jan 11, 2023
HARRISBURG (TNS) — U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson is among 62 House Republicans pushing legislation that would ban abortions when a fetal heartbeat is ...
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Jan 11, 2023
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's state Senate voted Wednesday to postpone a trial seeking to remove Philadelphia’s progressive district attorney on the hee...
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Jan 11, 2023
HARRISBURG — Republicans who control Pennsylvania's Senate on Wednesday kicked off the new legislative session by pushing through a trio of proposed c...
News, PA State News
Jan 10, 2023
HARRISBURG — A week after he was a surprise choice to become speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Democratic state Rep. Mark Rozzi ca...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 10, 2023
Congressional Democrats last year showered the IRS with $80 billion in new funding in an effort to close an estimated $600 billion “tax gap,” the diff...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 10, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Rep. Kevin McCarthy won his 15th bid to become speaker of the House, but only at great cost. To win the votes he needed to secure t...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 10, 2023
Not all conspiracy theories are created equal. The same people who pride themselves on rigorously insisting on the facts — ideally, explained in the d...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 09, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The television split screen told the story. On one side, Republicans in the House of Representatives labored through the fourth of ...
June 14, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
Local Sports
June 14, 2025
BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
Local Sports, Sports
June 14, 2025
(TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
Local Sports
June 14, 2025
The annual Allegheny -100 Hiking Challenge (A-100) was held last weekend. It is an event where hikers can choose to hike 100, 75, 50 or 25 miles along...
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
June 14, 2025
Summer is one of my favorite times of year. I love fishing and coaching baseball. However, what I love to do most in the summertime is setting up trai...
Lifestyles
June 14, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I am a mother of six and a grandma to four. We are a close family and enjoy each other's company. My mom is nearly 80. For reasons I could ...
