social issues

SMETHPORT — A Wilcox man was sentenced recently in McKean County Court to at least 13 years in state prison for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old fe...

Former Smethport pastor and musician Daniel Merrick entered guilty pleas Thursday in McKean County Court to possessing nearly 700 images of child porn...

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 ...

HARRISBURG — Recruiting new police officers and supporting those already on the job in Pennsylvania remains a constant struggle. That’s why the Pennsy...

Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act is the provision that allows organizations like Futures Rehabilitation Center Inc. of Bradford to offer ...

HARRISBURG — Sen. Cris Dush (R-25) has taken the oath office to begin his second term serving the people of the 25th District in the Pennsylvania Sena...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) As Pennsylvania residents began 2025, several new laws took effect, including expanded access to health care and pay raises for top...

HARRISBURG – In December, the Pennsylvania Citizen Law Enforcement Advisory and Review Commission published its first reports following the evaluation...

TheIRSwields immense power over the financial lives of Americans, yet recent revelations highlight it would be wise to question an expansion of that a...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections will soon implement new internal affairs policies following the first completed reports of the...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Survivors of domestic violence in Pennsylvania will soon be allowed, under court order, to bring their pets with them when fleeing ...

An estimated 3 million New Yorkers on Medicaid or the state-run Essential Plan don’t have incomes low enough to be using the programs, according to a ...

HARRISBURG — Students, parents, and teachers are anxiously watching and waiting to see how the state’s billion-dollar education funding increase and n...

HARRISBURG — A range of pressures motivated lawmakers to act on social programs and legislation to ease the burdens on families in 2024. The state int...

Alcohol & Drug Abuse Services Inc. was recently recognized for its exceptional efforts in drug and alcohol prevention. The ADAS Inc. prevention team w...

HARRISBURG — The University of Pennsylvania is being accused of violating its own free speech policies after the school opened an investigation into a...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato, emergency services Chief Matt Brown, Department of Human Services officials and municip...

Faculty from two Pennsylvania universities participated in a survey on the state of free speech and self-censorship. The results reveal growing concer...

HARRISBURG — Test results from last year’s PSSA and Keystone tests, two measures of academic performance across the state, show modest improvement in ...

By commuting the sentences of 1,500 people who were released to home confinement during the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden dr...