<strong>Cheers:</strong> Eva K. Bowlby Public Library in Waynesburg will unveil its newly renovated Exploration and Creative Studio during an open house March 4. The studio, located in the library鈥檚 former garage area, will contain STEM materials for children鈥檚 ...
It is laudable that the Pennsylvania Senate Transportation Committee has approved bills aimed at avoiding another uncollected-tolls debacle like the one that has cost the Pennsylvania Turnpike $104 million since the toll road converted to all-electronic tolling.One bill 鈥� Senate Bill 1053 鈥� ...
When a business hands out pink slips, they sometimes say they are 鈥渞ight-sizing鈥� their enterprise, if only because it sounds a lot less harsh and more forward-looking than saying they are sending a portion of their workers to the unemployment line.So, even though the term 鈥渞ight-sizing鈥� ...
<strong>Cheers:</strong> We salute state Rep. Pam Snyder, who last week announced plans to retire when her term expires at the end of November. The only current Democratic representative or senator in Fayette, Greene and Washington counties, Snyder, 66, of Jefferson, ...
As the 1960s ended, Pennsylvania teachers still were providing dedicated service to their school districts and students, despite embarrassingly low wages, paltry fringe benefits and, in many cases, not commanding the respect and parental support that they deserved.That unfortunate scenario ...
Caution is the best advice for lawmakers on both sides of the Pennsylvania General Assembly鈥檚 political aisle, in response to Gov. Tom Wolf鈥檚 proposed 2022-23 budget, his last as the commonwealth鈥檚 chief executive.While it is a given that next fiscal year鈥檚 budget will hardly resemble ...
