Last year Pennsylvania taxpayers again invested historic levels of funding in public education and for the third consecutive year, the state budget included more than a billion dollars in new funding for K-12 schools. As part of the upcoming state budget for fiscal year 2025-26, we will ...
Washington County is a great place to grow an Earth scientist. I know – I am one. I can easily trace my science roots to Washington County – from the deep respect for nature I developed in the Boy Scouts at Camp Anawanna, to the awe and inspiration of seeing the rings of Saturn at Mingo ...
As a mother who raised two children here in the Mon Valley, I care deeply about fresh air, clean drinking water and the well-being of our communities where we live, work and raise our families. Recently, Greene County marked an important yet quiet milestone that may not have made headlines ...
If there has ever been a clear sign that the Democratic Party is hurtling toward irrelevance, it’s their current rallying cry: “Resist.” Resist what, exactly? Resist change? Resist economic improvement? Resist securing our borders? Resist restoring the power of our military? Resist ...
In his own Gettysburg address - this in 1939 - President Franklin Roosevelt said, "It seldom helps to wonder how a statesman of one generation would surmount the crisis of another. A statesman deals with concrete difficulties - with things which must be done day to day." Of course, FDR likely ...
I am glad that I did not remain awake to watch the president's address to a joint session of Congress on March 5. It would have interfered with my sleep. A speech that is delivered to the House and Senate at this time of year is traditionally one in which a leader outlines initiatives that he ...
