News, PA State News
Mar 08, 2023
Plugging more abandoned oil and gas wells has become a bigger priority on the state and federal level, but some advocates say this isn’t the most cost...
Business, News, PA State News
Mar 08, 2023
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Although it won’t have an impact on the 2023-24 budget, one item in the fiscal documents released Tuesday by Gov. Josh Shapiro poin...
News, Online Features, PA State News
Mar 07, 2023
HARRISBURG (AP) — Gov. Josh Shapiro is proposing a hefty an increase in aid to Pennsylvania’s schools in his first budget delivered Tuesday to the Leg...
Business, News, PA State News
Mar 07, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Pennsylvania stopped taking payments last month on its 22-year-old E-Tides online tax filing system and marched the last business...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 01, 2023
It’s great to make the top half of a list. If you’re talking about public school test scores or high net income, that’s the place to be. Even on a mor...
News, PA State News
Feb 23, 2023
HARRISBURG — A comparison of tax levels of the 50 states shows residents in Pennsylvania still pay more than most other Americans. In a yearly compari...
News, PA State News
Feb 22, 2023
HARRISBURG — House Republicans want to prioritize the reform of regulatory issues in Pennsylvania, from concerns about taxes and health care to housin...
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 21, 2023
With an audience north of 100 million viewers, the Super Bowl is the most watched television event in the United States every year. As the game within...
Feb 21, 2023
With an audience north of 100 million viewers, the Super Bowl is the most watched television event in the United States every year. As the game within...
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 16, 2023
Taxpayers reasonably wonder why some nonprofit organizations, such as big hospital systems, are tax-exempt while paying executives salaries of seven f...
Feb 15, 2023
Pennsylvania’s hyperlocal emergency medical services system teeters on the brink of collapse and, officials say, it’s up to legislators to intervene b...
Business, News, PA State News
Feb 10, 2023
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s sales tax rate beats most of its neighbors, even if it doesn’t stand out nationally, according to a new study. An analysis...
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 10, 2023
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — A judge confirmed Tuesday what most rational people surmised a long time ago — Pennsylvania’s system of funding public education sti...
News, PA State News
Feb 06, 2023
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Tax filing season is a ripe time for scammers to try to trick people to turn over sensitive and personal information that can cost ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 05, 2023
There is little doubt that, as state Auditor General Timothy DeFoor recently reported, some public school districts move around money to avoid reporti...
News, PA State News
Feb 03, 2023
HARRISBURG — While Pennsylvania’s budget remains in good fiscal shape for the short term, the treasurer warned of potential problems on the horizon. D...
Business, News, PA State News
Jan 30, 2023
Pennsylvania’s latest economic outlook shows a return to pre-pandemic benchmarks. And, in some cases, employment figures surpass metrics measured befo...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 29, 2023
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — The recent audit that questioned school property tax hikes in Bethlehem, Northampton and other Pennsylvania communities should anger...
Jan 27, 2023
Pennsylvania’s latest economic outlook shows a return to pre-pandemic benchmarks. And, in some cases, employment figures surpass metrics measured befo...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 26, 2023
It’s an old aphorism that if you tax something, you get less of it. Seven states are at risk of finding out exactly how that truism applies to wealth ...
Local Sports
August 18, 2025
Photo submitted Stacy Benjamin (second from left) got a hole in one on hole #17 during the Gleason Construction MGA event on Thursday afternoon. Stacy...
Business, Local News, News
August 18, 2025
OLEAN, N.Y. — Dr. Melissa Stokes, a psychiatrist who practiced in the Mansfield, Pa., area, has joined Intandem in Cattaraugus County as a staff psych...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
August 18, 2025
Like a bad dream, thousands of Congressional earmarks that were thrown out during last year’s appropriation process will potentially receive federal f...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
August 18, 2025
As speculation around his presidential ambitions swirls, make no mistake: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is already campaigning. And his national shad...
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
August 18, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A friend who develops affordable housing in and around Pittsburgh once told me about a young woman who was interested in buying a s...
Local News
August 18, 2025
SMETHPORT — Regular Baptist Church of Smethport announced the start of its youth programs for the 2025-26 school year. Kids’ Clubs for children in kin...
