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When school districts send tax bills, they should include a notice of how much they pay to the scandal-plaguedPublic School Employees Retirement Syste...

PITTSBURGH — Medicaid benefits for Pennsylvania residents are in limbo as temporary protections implemented during the pandemic end for the first time...

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy sent a letter last week to President Joe Biden in which he admonished the White House for not taking more seriousl...

Healthcare is one industry that is never constant and is always changing. Hospitals and entire healthcare systems must adapt to maintain relevancy and...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, has introduced two bills to support senior economic s...

Government employees need not fret how wild swings in financial markets will affect their pensions. Public employment is the last bastion of the "defi...

PORT ALLEGANY — In January 2016, Fire Chief Dana Spitler contacted James Young, Director of Seneca Highlands Career and Technical Center (SHCTC), to d...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania educators say the “dignified” retirement promised to them decades ago no longer exists thanks to record inflation and benefi...

Older Americans tend to vote, and they also tend to be wary of politicians who propose entitlement reform. That combination typically leads to inertia...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Chapter 72 donated $2,286 to support the activities of the McKean County Community Vete...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced the updated Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Round 1 of the National Elec...

President Joe Biden unveiled his $6.8 trillion budget proposal last week, and it drew the customary jaded responses: a work of fiction. A party platfo...

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Bob Casey, D-PA, held a hearing entitled “Uplifting Families, Workers, and O...

HARRISBURG — Lawyers for the districts that won a landmark school funding court case in Pennsylvania say that Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal fall...

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...

While many townships and cities in Pennsylvania get docked by the auditor for a lack of oversight that could cause problems in the future, others are ...

What is the state of long-term care in Pennsylvania? According to owners and administrators, the staffing crisis that started during the pandemic is s...

HARRISBURG — An impending benefits cliff needs attention first, Pennsylvania officials say, before the state considers system reform. This, despite co...

WASHINGTON — On Monday, U.S. Sens. Bob Casey, D-PA, and Steve Daines, R-Mont., and U.S. Reps. Bobby Scott, D-Va., and Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash.,...

State Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, will hold monthly satellite office hours on Thursday, March 2, at the following locations: From 9 to 10 a.m. ...