Indeed, 鈥渄ead on arrival鈥� would be the most apropos way to characterize the chances of Gov. Josh Shapiro蘑菇视频 proposed fiscal 2026-27 Pennsylvania budget being adopted by the General Assembly. For it is far more remarkable for the economic fallacies it promulgates than sound fiscal ...
Years ago, I was asked a question that stayed with me: What good came from the Marianna coal mining disaster in 1908 that killed 154 miners? At first, I couldn鈥檛 imagine anything meaningful could follow such horror. More than a hundred children became orphans, dozens of women lost their ...
Life is hectic. Keeping track of work, home and family commitments is challenging enough. Now imagine adding another task to your daily routine: checking multiple government websites just to find out what your local and state officials are planning to do. You would have to monitor the ...
The Fayette County budget in 2026 experienced major upward pressure in several areas. Employee health care increased $1 million. The state-required county match for CYS is up $878,000. The pending death penalty cases increase the district attorney and public defender budgets by $756,000. The ...
It was a bone-chilling day in Washington County on Jan. 22, 1988, but the chilliness I remember had nothing to do with the weather. While the temperature did dip to a low 23 degrees in Washington County that day, I remember it for the cold-hearted crime that occurred 38 years ago along ...
Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. Illiteracy rates are rising: The number of 16- to 24-year-olds reading at the lowest literacy levels increased from 16% in 2017 to 25% in 2023, according to data from the National Center for ...
