The Warren County School District is looking to entice retired teachers to come back into the classroom as substitutes by raising substitute pay for retired teachers. A single day can pay a substitute teacher $110, with the rate going up to $150 a day if the substitute works 15 consecutive ...

In light of the events of the last several years, it shouldn’t be too surprising if we all often ask ourselves if our government is working the way it should. The latest indication that perhaps it isn’t comes from an Associated Press article concerning efforts by Republicans to get the ...

There is a bipartisan push in the state Senate to enact an Earned Income Tax Credit in Pennsylvania. It is an idea whose time has come for the commonwealth. The Earned Income Tax Credit helps low- to moderate-income workers and families get a tax break. Those who qualify can use the credit ...

Warren residents may be disappointed that the state Department of Transportation isn’t going to stop work on the proposed downtown roundabout — but they shouldn’t be surprised. It’s incredibly difficult, especially in the world of state bureaucracy, to rescind approvals at the last ...

Federal officials received a 70-page report earlier this month from the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking. In it, authors detailed a multi-faceted approach necessary to defeat the substance abuse and overdose epidemic once and for all. It should come as no surprise that one ...

When a business hands out pink slips, they sometimes say they are “right-sizing” their enterprise, if only because it sounds a lot less harsh and more forward-looking than saying they are sending a portion of their workers to the unemployment line. So, even though the term ...