A proposal by Common Cause/Pennsylvania for mandatory deadlines in the commonwealth's budget-preparation process — beyond the state constitution's stipulation that a bud...
Too many of the world's small countries, those with populations of less than 1.5 million, are sinking fast — in more ways than one. The latest warnings come from the Pac...
Many Butler County residents haven't taken a vacation from their interest in whether the county will sell Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
That is an option ...
There apparently is no decision in place on whether Pennsylvania will submit a new proposal to federal officials for tolling of Interstate 80. The effort to toll the 311...
There's no way any Pennsylvania lawmaker or Gov. Ed Rendell should be getting paychecks before all state workers caught up in the 2009-10 budget morass have received the...
Evans City's inaugural Living Dead Fest last year attracted more than 300 people to EDCO Park to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the release of the cult-classic horr...
The health care reform debate has shifted from the original vision of expanding coverage and finding major cost savings through greater competition and other market forc...
Gov. Ed Rendell's attempt to provide adequate funding for public school systems in the state under the 2009-10 budget — whenever a complete budget finally is approved — ...
Wall Street investment banks are making big money again; it's as if the financial crisis never happened. But public scrutiny and criticism is being fueled by the latest ...
The message from an incident on Dec. 9, 1971, in Lewistown, Mifflin County, is important enough to have remained a part of police training — state and municipal-level — ...