When compared with most other states, Pennsylvania is long overdue in regulating "assisted living" facilities for the benefit of seniors and disabled adults with low-to-...
With this year's Democratic takeover of Congress, voters were promised a new culture of openness and an end to the "culture of corruption," as the previous Republican-co...
For consumers, more competition is generally better than less competition. For that reason, the proposed merger of the state's two largest health insurers, Highmark, Inc...
Their political views may seem miles apart. But Elizabeth Edwards, wife of presidential candidate John Edwards, and White House press secretary Tony Snow clearly have at...
If the last 100 years were the American Century, we now may be living in the Chinese sequel. At the very least, this will be a century when Americans pay a disproportion...
Prior to the license plate replacement program that resulted in the current Pennsylvania plates, the administration of former Gov. Tom Ridge conducted a study of how bes...
Medical care is enormously more effective than it was a few years ago and most Americans are living longer, healthier lives. But improved care is costly. We will spend $...
Pennsylvanians can be forgiven for questioning Gov. Ed Rendell's credentials to advocate legislative reforms. After all, it was less than two years ago that the governor...
Pennsylvania's leaders should take seriously three independent reports whose findings indicate that the commonwealth's economic growth and quality of life are being unde...
People in Butler County and its environs are understandably excited about the approximately 4,000 jobs that Westinghouse Electric Co. will be bringing to the Cranberry W...
