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On Aug. 1, quite a few residents of Fayette, Greene and Washington counties were either nervously looking to the heavens or quickly heading for their basements as strong thunderstorms and tornadoes bore down on the area.The National Weather Service later confirmed that two tornadoes touched ...

ItĢƵ highly unlikely that anyone turns cartwheels when they pay their property taxes, but the idea that the money is going to the school up the street to educate neighborhood children can provide some solace.The reality, however, is that a chunk of those resources are being diverted from ...

School funding increases and a bigger rainy day fund illustrate how the governor is leaving Pennsylvania in better shape than when he arrived.Seven years ago, Tom Wolf rode his Jeep into Harrisburg to find a dysfunctional and debt-ridden state. After signing his final budget, Wolf will leave ...

The demand for air conditioning is skyrocketing and customers are having to cool their heels – pardon the pun – for weeks at a time for service or installation.With the dangers of COVID-19 ebbing, it could be that some folks are much more comfortable with letting strangers into their homes, ...

Transparency needed in salary bumps

In 2019, a list of pay raises in the Pennsylvania governorĢƵ office brought criticism.Gov. Tom Wolf handed out increases to some of his top staffers, ranging from 7.7% to 36%.It wasn’t that anyone questioned the work. People questioned the timing, which came just after the governorĢƵ ...

Rural crime wave defies easy solutions

If you want to understand where Americans believe crime happens, just look to the television shows they have watched through the years.“Law and Order” unfolds in New York City. “The Wire” is set amid the grit of Baltimore. Going back further, “The Streets of San Francisco” is, well, ...