By Tim O’Neal For the people across Pennsylvania, the past few years have been filled with economic uncertainty and soaring costs. Inflation has run rampant. Families and seniors have watched grocery bills multiply, energy costs skyrocket, and home prices and rent go through the ...
By Brad Hundt Staff writer bhundt@observer-reporter.com MT. LEBANON – Gov. Josh Shapiro dropped by Empire Music in downtown Mt. Lebanon at lunchtime Wednesday, but it wasn’t to buy one of the many guitars hanging on the store’s walls. Instead, the governor was there to talk up his ...
By Brad Hundt Staff writer bhundt@observer-reporter.com Gov. Josh Shapiro said Tuesday that his 2024-25 budget proposal is “ambitious” and would “build a more competitive Pennsylvania,” but many lawmakers in the region insisted the plan is unrealistic and would lead to too much ...
Just how unaffordable is higher education in Pennsylvania? Let Dan Greenstein, the chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, explain: “Our universities are the least expensive of all four-year options in the state of Pennsylvania, and still we’re asking students ...
A law making it possible for porch pirates to be charged with a felony for repeat offenses is due to take effect next month; however, local law enforcement gets few reports of these cases. Porch pirates – thieves who swipe packages from your doorstep – have been an issue as Americans turn ...
