Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 2026-27 budget would spend about $53.2 billion. The proposed 2026-27 budget, like his initial proposal for the 2025-26 budget, relies on pulling deeply from reserve funding, set aside in past years by lawmakers to ensure the state was ready for future crises and on ...
Site for center? Dear Editor, Wouldn’t the Former Youngsville High School be a better location for the proposed Kinzua Discovery Center? This would be a good utilization and preservation of an existing building and allow funding to go toward staffing and programing instead of 10 million ...
As a member of Warren Redevelopment Authority, Warren Blighted Property Committee and the Comprehensive Plan task force, I see opportunities everywhere and every day in Warren. Here are my thoughts. Warren, look in the mirror. What do you see? Do you see the historic buildings downtown, ...
For decades, politicians have sold tariffs as a tonic for the working class. In reality, one particular group seems to benefit more than any other from trade wars: Washington influence peddlers. The United States collected some $288.5 billion in tariff revenue last year, up from $98.3 billion ...
State lawmakers are poised to limit what local governments can add to a meeting agenda on the fly. House Bill 2146 recently passed the House of Representatives Local Government Committee and now advances to consideration by the full House of Representatives. The bill is a response to a ...
The Olympics have barely begun and I’m almost comatose. Coverage from Milan and Cortina during the afternoon, prime time, and late night have my eyeballs operating in the glued position. Holy biathlon. I’d forgotten how many events are covered. For the first time though, while watching ...