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WASHINGTON (TNS) — If I were a mystery novelist instead of an economist, I’d call it “The Case of the Missing Workers.” I’m referring to the fact that...

State Rep. Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, will hold monthly satellite office hours Thursday, from 9 to 10 a.m. in Emporium and 11 a.m. to noon in Port ...

Young people graduating from high school face tough choices about what to do next. For many, college costs too much. But that problem is just one amon...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) announced $1.5 million in grant funding available to help schools create learning opportun...

OLEAN, N.Y. – The Connie and Sandy Wolfinger Fund and the Wolfinger Family Fund – two donor advised funds established by Harold “Sandy” and Connie Wol...

STATE COLLEGE — Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society (PRPS) invites applicants for 10 to 12 Recreation & Parks Technical Assistance Program (RecTA...

DEAR RUSTY: I am 74 years old, retired and receiving Social Security. My wife will be 65 in January. Our hope was to start paying off some credit card...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania students will have an extra month to complete the federal aid application that determines eligibility for grants to at...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Gov. Josh Shapiro and his top human services official said Wednesday that the administration has a plan to end a waiting list of tho...

College will cost up to $95,000 this fall. That headline, definitely an attention grabber, appeared above a story in the April 8 edition of The Era. T...

Evergreen Elm Inc. is celebrating 50 years of service to people with disabilities. Throughout the years Evergreen Elm has created a safe and caring en...

DEAR RUSTY: I will be turning 63 soon. Can I apply for Social Security and continue to work? Would I be limited to how many hours or how much I could ...

EMPORIUM — Sizerville State Park has several programs on tap this weekend. First up, at 5:30 p.m. Friday a park educator will roam the campground talk...

America’s approach to health care is an outlier among the world’s rich countries, and not in a good way. Extraordinarily complex and hideously expensi...

Bradford Creative and Performing Arts Center (BCPAC), celebrating its 40th anniversary year, has launched a new initiative to bring arts programming t...

It will take an extra $175.3 trillion to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for when today’s children reach old age, according to OpenTheBooks’ ...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has created a new grant for engineering technology students who enroll full time beginning in the fall of 202...

Complaining about the inefficiencies of Pennsylvania’s state agencies has become a favored pastime of residents, but in some places, wait times have b...

The United States has sent $2.6 billion of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan since August 2021, some of which wound up in the hands of the Taliban terro...

SMETHPORT – Sen. Cris Dush, R-Brookville, and Congressman Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa. announced upcoming Cameron County area satellite office hours for...