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Two years ago, in overturning Roe v. Wade, the United States Supreme Court declared that it was for each state to decide just how many rights women ou...

Twenty years ago I was a young man in my early 60s, newly retired from a career as a teacher in the Milton Area School District where I taught music f...

CIVICS: What is the supreme law of the land? What is the study of the duties and rights of citizens? Do you know the answers? These are some of the sa...

It is increasingly clear that Donald Trump is eyeing three finalists in the veepstakes version of “The Apprentice,” with the winner to be announced ne...

Mike Pence’s failed presidential campaign amassed over $1.3 million in debt, and now he’s forcing taxpayers to help foot the bill.{/div} The Federal E...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The debate over school vouchers, which held up last year’s state budget, is back. And this year’s disagreement, with input from Pen...

Juneteenth is no more a holiday just for Black people than the Fourth of July is a holiday just for white people. It recognizes and celebrates a profo...

JUNETEENTH: The federal holiday of Juneteenth — June 19 — is America’s second independence day, the date when slavery ended in the U.S. The National M...

With the first and presumptively most important presidential debate coming up in a week, many Republicans and conservatives are exultant. Their candid...

HARRISBURG — The Department of Environmental Protection issues hundreds of different permits – 800 to be exact, according to a recent analysis. But le...

WAUBEKA, Wis. (AP) — Each June, the people of Waubeka venerate perhaps the nation’s most enduring symbol, celebrating Flag Day, a holiday that escapes...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — An unanticipated last-minute surge in college students applying for financial aid has created a dilemma for Pennsylvania’s student ...

HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro has proposed another $30 million to boost fire companies and emergency medical services, but legislators are concerned ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spent nearly $1.8 billion more than was allocated in its annual budgets between 2014 and 2023, according to a...

SUNY Jamestown Community College (JCC) is helping prospective students and families complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Virtual sup...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — News of Donald Trump’s conviction had barely hit the television screens and the internet sites when Sen. Marco Rubio took to social...

HARRISBURG (AP) — A Democratic-sponsored proposal to boost public school funding by billions in the coming years and impose stricter rules on cyber-ch...

The Biden budget deficit this fiscal year probably will exceed $1.6 trillion. This from a president who has repeatedly tried to pass himself off as a ...

ATLANTA — Groups pushing tighter gun laws have been building political muscle through multiple elections, boosted by the outcry following mass shootin...

In 2010, the Supreme Court issued its Citizens United decision, leading to an explosion in political spending and the rise of dark money groups thatex...