WASHINGTON — What we heard in the second presidential debate was President Obama and Mitt Romney not discussing the nation’s future. Almost every expert agrees that cont...
The arrest of Eric J. Mulneix, 46, of Chicora twice in one day on Saturday is further proof of why state lawmakers should rethink the drunken-driving penalties.
The curr...
Confronted with a do-or-die debate on Oct. 3, an energized Mitt Romney surprised America — and that lifeless opponent standing to his left. You knew that President Barac...
Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, who died Sunday at age 82, won state residents’ confidence during his 30 years in Congress’ upper chamber by his willingness to fight for...
Dan Focht recalls that Erie and the I-79 corridor extending south to Pittsburgh was “the injection mold capital of the world,” supplying manufacturers with the formed co...
This probably is the most important election in this or the previous century. And the tactics used by President Barack Obama and his administration are right out of “Atl...
Soon after the Supreme Court upheld the bulk of Obamacare, the Congressional Budget Office came out with a new estimate for its cost. No surprise: As before, CBO said it...
The national unemployment rate recently dropped below 8 percent for the first time in three years. Most economists see the United States moving through a steady, but ane...
Those watching Sen. Arlen Specter’s long career in public service might at times have felt like they were watching a vigorous tennis match between admiration and disappo...
The latest financial estimates tied to the Butler School District’s proposed closing of the Center Avenue Elementary School dictate a rethinking over what at least some ...