It’s no secret that Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) schools, now with 10 universities with 14 campuses, have undergone a drastic enrollment decline since their peak period in 2015 and 2016. But even with school consolidations and a minor student-count reversal in ...
Indeed, “dead on arrival” would be the most apropos way to characterize the chances of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 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 ...
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 ...
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’t imagine anything meaningful could follow such horror. More than a hundred children became orphans, dozens of women lost their ...
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 ...
