“I’m healthy. I’m not worried about getting the coronavirus.”

The United States should join other wealthy democracies and offer paid sick leave for everyone.

Earlier this month, Gov. Tom Wolf unveiled a proposed education budget plan that would earmark $218 million of the state’s $6.9 billion basic education budget to area public schools.

Every year, students in school districts across the country observe a day in January to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his advocacy and leadership in the American civil rights movement.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is not terribly popular among many of the state’s hunters.

As surely as Pennsylvania General Assembly legislative sessions come and go, so does the issue of property tax reform.

Anyone who drives has probably seen a car in front of them swerving on the road at some point. Thirty years ago, the assumption was that the driver was intoxicated.

Congress deserves praise for bailing out the pension plan for retired miners.

The Federal Drug Administration has recently put a ban on the sale of some flavored products that are used by e-cigarettes and other vaping devices in an effort to dissuade teenagers from continuing or starting the habit.

For most, the holiday hoopla is over.

In the last 12 months, we’ve had our share of good and bad times here in our region.

Pennsylvania will raise the legal age to purchase tobacco to 21 on July 1. It's the right call.

Pennsylvania will raise the legal age to purchase tobacco to 21 on July 1. It's the right call.

If it weren’t for the existence and spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in Pennsylvania’s deer population, especially in this part of the commonwealth, last Saturday’s opening of the firearms deer season would have had virtually no major concern besides the always important issue of safety.

The two studies Pennsylvania is undertaking to look at the health impacts of hydraulic fracturing are welcome and necessary.

Sometimes, it can feel like we skid through life by the skin of our teeth, busy beyond what we can handle.

Not until early 2020 will motorists who violate Pennsylvania work zone speed limits experience lighter wallets and pocketbooks under provisions of Act 86 of 2018, which authorizes speed cameras in highway construction and repair areas.

Especially at major powers in the collegiate sports world, purely amateur athletics has been a myth for many years. Under-the-table gifts by well-to-do boosters have ensured that.

Those who feel passionately about a conviction certainly have a right to do so.

Most Social Security recipients are rightly disappointed in the 1.6 percent cost-of-living increase that they will be receiving in 2020.