Unable to push a $20-billion cut in food stamps through the House in June, Republicans are now seeking to cut $40 billion over 10 years by tightening eligibility and cut...
In more ways than one, Soviet immigrant Emmanuil Kaidanov is the Joe Paterno of collegiate fencing. Now you can call him that for another reason.
Like Paterno, Kaidanov,...
This year, 36.6 million people will be admitted to U.S. hospitals. Each patient will stay an average of 4.8 days, and the cost for all those hospitalizations will reach ...
Gov. Tom Corbett on Monday offered Pennsylvanians a Medicaid expansion plan that, at its heart, has the laudable goal of extending health coverage to hundreds of thousan...
Again? Again. And again and again. Gunfire? Who’s shooting? Innocents dive for cover, the clock ticks, loved ones wait in horror, cops and ambulances roll, officials try...
When tragic events, like Tuesday’s mass shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington, happen, the pain is sometimes reduced by thinking the incident occurred somewhere far aw...
WASHINGTON — Almost everyone agrees that too much borrowing (aka “leverage”) was at the core of the financial crisis and Great Recession. Too many risky loans were made....
You can’t please everyone when it comes to sweeping health care reform. It’s apparent Gov. Tom Corbett hasn’t even pleased himself with the proposal he introduced Monday...
Another day in America and another mass shooting. This time, at least one gunman armed with three firearms killed 12 people and wounded others at the Washington Navy Yar...
One of the biggest pieces of business Congress has yet to resolve is the farm bill, legislation that has enjoyed bipartisan support for decades. Unfortunately, the proce...
