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With election over, take aim at energy prices

American voters have spoken. And in our 250th anniversary year, it's encouraging to know that our Constitutional order has survived another election. Yes, we finalize our political battles in the private voting booth. It appears yet again that the majority of American voters prefer a divided government to coerce political consensus. As Congress prepares to return for a postelection legislative session, there are major items on their agenda, and hopefully personal agendas can be set aside on behalf of some needed reforms for their constituents. On Nov. 9, the Senate will vote to ...

In Pennsylvania, a teacher’s pay depends on where the job is

Pennsylvania’s highest-paying school district pays its teachers a median salary of $131,683 – or more than three times as much as the lowest-paying district at $41,750, a NewsWorks Lab analysis of 2025-26 state Education Department records shows. After adjusting for the fact that wages ...

Congress keeps losing its will, power

My ballpark estimate: In the recently concluded midterm campaign season, Democrats ran roughly eleventy-bajillion ads accusing Republican office-holders of voting -- 98%, 99%, or 100% of the time -- "with Donald Trump." Calling your opponent a "rubber stamp" is a smart tactic when the president is historically unpopular, as President Trump is. But there's a hitch. When Joe Biden and Barack Obama were president, GOP challengers successfully made the same charge against Democratic incumbents. And when the White House was controlled by one party and Congress another, the ads' charges ...

Veterans power U.S. economy, deserve assistance

After serving in their nation’s military, they’re now serving in America’s economy. There are nearly 8 million veterans in the U.S. workforce, and they have a lower unemployment rate than the population as a whole. Veteran-owned businesses generate $1.3 trillion in annual sales and employ approximately 4 million workers. But as Veterans Day approaches, leaders of veterans service organizations say some of the men and women behind that economic success are still struggling to find stable housing, get mental health care or translate military experience into a civilian career. For ...

Other voices: Economy grows, purchasing power does not

The economy is strong by conventional measures, but most voters don’t feel it. Gross domestic product grew 3.4 percent in the third quarter, the fastest pace in a year. Consumer spending increased 3.8 percent, and nonresidential business investment surged 12.7 percent, propelled by artificial intelligence and the data center build-out. At the same time, the final Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll before the midterms found that 75 percent of Americans describe the economy as poor or not so good. Forty-eight percent say they’re financially not as well off since President Donald Trump took ...

Clock starts ticking again on college sports bill

Next week in Congress, the clock starts ticking on a groundbreaking bill designed to overhaul college sports with nobody quite sure how an overwhelming wave of election-night victories for Democrats across the country will reset the debate. Still run by Republicans for a lame-duck session that begins Monday, the House of Representatives will decide whether to proceed with the Protect College Sports Act, which passed the Senate by a 77-22 margin last month. The bill, which among other things locks in rules that regulate how athletes are paid and builds in protections for Olympic ...