Capital-Star Pennsylvania’s budget is due each year on June 30. But that doesn’t always mean it will get done on time. If lawmakers can’t agree on a spending plan, it can leave counties, school distri...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By TONY WOOD Assistant Professor of History, Modern Latin America, University of Colorad...

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer acknowledged Monday that he made the wrong judgment when he appointed Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington, but said he would not have don...

The agency is facing a 10% budget reduction. By MEGAN TROTTER TribLive Allegheny County’s Area Agency on Aging is facing a projected shortfall of more than $5 million in its roughly $50 million budget...

Kelly Patterson of The Nutrition Group provided a financial update for school board members. Kelly Patterson, regional manager with The Nutrition Group, provided an update to the Elizabeth Forward sch...

There’s been a slight cost increase for renovations at the high school. Belle Vernon Area Superintendent Dr. Timothy Glasspool updated school board members last week about some of the upcoming renovat...

Financial filings with the Federal Election Commission had to be submitted last Wednesday. By TOM FONTAINE TribLive Congressional incumbents seeking reelection in Western Pennsylvania have significant...

Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 degrees are coming tonight. By MEGAN SWIFT TribLive Get your winter coats back out, Western Pennsylvania. A freeze watch and frost advisory have been issued by t...

Fares are $6 per trip from New Stanton and Greensburg and $4 for riders who board buses in North Huntingdon. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Westmoreland County Transit will operate expanded service next...

The Supreme Court issued its ruling in a 6-3 decision Feb. 20. NEW YORK (AP) — A refund system for businesses that paid tariffs which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump imposed withou...

The Democratic governor wants a more flexible tax credit that’s focused on job creation. By CHARLOTTE KEITH Spotlight PA HARRISBURG — For the second year in a row, Gov. Josh Shapiro is asking Pennsylv...

THERE ARE SOME JOBS you just can’t have forever. In Pennsylvania, that’s written into law in some places and left entirely to voters in others. Governors are limited to two terms. That wasn’t always t...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As he seeks to retain his U.S. Senate seat this fall, Ohio Republican Jon Husted has been unable to escape the shadow of a $60 million bribery scandal that has roiled state polit...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a video address released Sunday that Canada’s strong economic ties to the United States were once a strength but are now ...

RIVERTON, Utah (AP) — When a dozen Republican activists gathered on a back deck in the Salt Lake City suburbs to talk about this year’s elections, the conversation cycled through all the staples of co...

Park employees test ride the Sky Rocket roller coaster Friday afternoon as Kennywood Park in West Mifflin prepares to open today. Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent

House members from both parties see the need to provide legal protections. The Pennsylvania House passed two pieces of legislation this week that aim to protect state residents from the negative effec...

It decided in favor of Al Buchtan, upholding a Commonwealth Court decision by a 4-3 margin. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ended the legal fight over whether Republican state Senate candidate Al B...

The Elizabeth Township fitness studio opened its doors in March. A new fitness studio has arrived in Elizabeth Township. Cousins and Elizabeth Township natives Molly Watterworth and Kelly McHolme open...

The improvements became necessary after a drop in Monongahela River water levels. By the MVI Pennsylvania American Water says it is completing more than $11 million in upgrades at its E.H. Aldrich Wat...