State legislators and outgoing Gov. Tom Wolf have made lead testing for children a priority. This session, the legislature and incoming Gov. Josh Shapiro should make lead testing for children a requirement. Wolf signed Act 150 into law on Nov. 3 to encourage doctors to test pregnant women ...

The numbers out of Washington D.C. are a cause for concern — but not alarm. The latest figures for unemployment claims saw the number increase to about 240,000, the highest since August, according to an Associated Press report. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate was 4.0% in November ...

Music is as much a part of the holiday season as gifts, reminiscing about Christmases past and, yes, even Santa Claus. For most people, it is uplifting that so much of the music heard at this time of the year does not ignore the fact that the reason for the holiday season is the birth of ...

Another $325 million in federal spending will bring the total spending project for climate-smart agriculture projects to more than $3 billion. As reported by the Associated Press, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $2.8 billion for 70 projects in September. While we believe there ...

County Commissioner Jeff Eggleston makes a good point about the county’s role in the city’s downtown riverfront project. The county’s recent allocation of $250,000 in American Rescue Plan money to the project brings the county’s total stake to $750,000, or roughly 25% of the first ...

It’s time for the political games to come to an end over the date of three special elections that will decide control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Democrats eked out a thin 102-101 majority in the House in the November election, but three of those Democrats will not be in ...