Reducing the national debt, even just a little. Providing working-class families with tax relief. Providing the men and women enlisted in our armed services with a pay increase. Increasing the reservoir of funding for Social Security benefits to mitigate its fast-approaching ...

Changes are coming to the “yard” at the Warren County Jail. The 40-foot by 40-foot room with a cage on the top floor of the jail will have its roof repaired by the end of the week. More importantly, county commissioners and the county Prison Board have ordered the space have additional ...

A report by The Center Square’s Christen Smith spells out the concerns in stark numbers: A majority of Pennsylvanians between the ages of 18 and 44 recently surveyed have considered or are considering relocating to another state. When asked why they consider leaving, the top reason cited ...

Tax credit proposal has flaws — but a good start The state House passed a bill last month to provide tax credits to new teachers, nurses and police officers. We have reservations about the measure, which is expected to face hurdles in the state Senate. We acknowledge a degree of validity ...

Our commonwealth faces many issues — but perhaps none are harder to solve than a shortage of teachers. As a 2022 study by Brown University’s Annenberg Center noted, teacher shortages are poorly understood because there is little federal and state data compiled on the subject. That makes ...

It is no secret that great strides continue to be made in cancer treatment, but probably the most notable publicized development of 2023 thus far has been evolution of the treatment mind-set that, at least for some cancers, “aggressive” might not necessarily be better. For many cancer ...