When it comes to the future of the historic building at 231-237 Pennsylvania Ave. West, there is not much of a debate online. According to our weekly poll at timesobserver.com, the sentiment is overwhelming. Our question, “Do you think the building at 231-237 Pennsylvania Ave. West should ...

Enrollment in the state’s public schools is dropping, as are test scores for state public school students, while spending on public schools increases. There are 1.5 million students in Pennsylvania’s public schools, 7% fewer than there were in 2019, according to a recent Commonwealth ...

The clock is ticking for Gov. Josh Shapiro’s plan to decrease SNAP payment errors in Pennsylvania to start working. The commonwealth’s 2025 SNAP error rate was 9.21% in 2025, with 8.03% of errors coming as overpayments and 1.18% being underpayment errors, according to recently released ...

The state Supreme Court was, in our opinion, correct when it ruled earlier this year that the state’s mandatory life sentence for second-degree murder convictions was unconstitutional. The court found that automatic life terms violate the state constitution's ban on cruel punishments by ...

Today, we Americans celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Our focus is what the document meant — creation of a new nation, a new set of ideals to form a more perfect union. But what the document itself says about the Founders and about what they intended for us ...

Residents around Warren County have plenty to choose from when you consider the plethora of Fourth of July events and fireworks planned for the upcoming weekend. Not only is it a major celebration of summer — but about our great country that turns 250 years old. Even though the spotlight is ...