A proposal to adopt a six-month spending plan is meeting opposition. By TOM FONTAINE TribLive As Pennsylvania’s budget impasse reached 36 days Tuesday, the highest-ranking Republican in the state Sena...

WHEN WILL PENNSYLVANIANS get fed up? The Pennsylvania General Assembly is among the highest- paid legislatures in the country. The lowest is New Hampshire, where a lawmaker pulls in just $100. The hig...

The governor has declined to say who paid for his 2023 inauguration and the celebrity-studded ball that followed it. Spotlight PA found a way to identify some of the donors. By STEPHEN CARUSO Spotligh...

TONIGHT COMMUNITIES AROUND AMERICA and in the Mon Valley will observe National Night Out. In McKeesport, National Night Out will be celebrated with a block party to bring together police and the commu...

Recently, a large group of black youths began pummeling several white adults in downtown Cincinnati. The original altercation apparently broke out between a black and white male in he-said/he-said fas...

“Do you think she was ready for the wonder of God?” “Of course she was!” On the last Saturday night of July, a group gathered virtually for a poetry reading. We were fans — and some, friends — of Jane...

John Adams and Samuel Adams are in, but John Quincy Adams isn’t. Alan Shepard and John Glenn are in, but Gus Grissom isn’t. Betsy Ross is in, but Ross Perot isn’t. John Wayne is in, but Wayne Newton i...

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — An independent watchdog agency responsible for enforcing a law against partisan political activity by federal employees ...

IN THE BIBLICAL BOOK OF JUDGES, a story is told of a test. When the Gileadites vanquished the Ephraimites, the defeated people tried to escape across the Jordan River. The Gileadites, however, counter...

MAGA has a problem, in the form of Donald Trump. Put simply: MAGA wants to define what MAGA (or “America first”) means, and Donald Trump wants it to mean whatever he says at any given moment. I should...

Where did your people come from? This is not a political statement, rather this is what I have witnessed and learned in my 70 years in this great country. My maternal grandparents were Harry and Goldi...

The dog days of summer are here, but there’s no shortage of fun in the forecast. The Fayette County Fair wraps up today, but it’s followed by the Washington and Westmoreland county fairs. There are pl...

Elections have consequences, and winners set the rules — up to a point. In a healthy democracy, the majority’s power should always be tempered by a decent respect for minority rights. Otherwise, ruthl...

THE WORLD OF FICTION makes it seem like the death penalty is a simple, almost foregone conclusion in a courthouse. It isn’t, at least not in Pennsylvania. The Keystone State has a complicated relation...

Asked a few weeks ago why Alejandro Mayorkas, the former secretary of Homeland Security, hadn’t been arrested yet, President Trump said, “I’ll take a look at that one because what he did is beyond inc...

To the Editor: It looks as if the ‘bromance’ between TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) and first buddy Elon Musk is heading to a breakup. Who didn’t see this coming? What does Elon have to say about TA...

THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA makes it easy to figure out if your hair stylist or architect or real estate agent or any other licensed professional is able to work legally. The Department of State’s websi...

President Donald Trump met with reporters in Scotland on Monday to tout his new trade deal with the European Union. Accompanied by United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump held court for more...

IN TWO YEARS, THERE WILL BE NO Nittany Lions on the Penn State campuses in New Kensington or Fayette County. What will be there remains to be seen. In May, Penn State trustees voted to follow the reco...

To the Editor: Do you remember when late night TV shows were fun and rarely bashed Democrats or Republicans? Hosts Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, David Letterman all made late night a fun experience for eve...