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Senate passes legislation to reopen government

The Senate passed legislation Monday to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end as a small group of Democrats ratified a deal with Republicans despite searing criticism from within their party. The 41-day shutdown could last a few more days as members ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate was drawing closer to a vote on legislation to end the shutdown on Monday after a small group of Senate Democrats broke a 40-day stalemate late Sunday evening and voted with Republicans to move forward with reopening the government. It is unclear when the Senate ...

A freelance journalist who has been researching the deaths of inmates in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has filed a federal lawsuit in Johnstown seeking the release of information concerning an inmate who died in December 2023 when housed in the Moshannon Valley Processing ...

Veterans Day is Tuesday and veterans will be honored and remembered throughout the region this weekend and next week through parades, ceremonies and other events. One location where there will conspicuously be no Veterans Day ceremony – at least not an official one – is the National ...

Three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices fighting to keep their seats on the bench in a politically charged campaign were leading in their retention vote late Tuesday night. Democratic Supreme Court Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht all held a 2-to-1 advantage in the ...

Four municipalities recently voted on forming a regional police department, but only Mt. Pleasant Township and McDonald are currently moving ahead with the idea. Mt. Pleasant’s board of supervisors approved a charter for the Northern Washington County Regional Police Department at their Oct. ...