Pennsylvania is one of four states that differentiate themselves from their 46 American brethren by use of a different word. Like Kentucky, Massachusetts and Virginia, it officially goes by the lofty sounding name of “commonwealth.” In practical use, there is no difference. It is the ...

No matter what is happening on this nation’s political and economic fronts — and much is happening — Memorial Day, the holiday we are observing today, should not and does not take a back seat. Only something truly catastrophic might cast today’s observance into the background, but ...

Fully legalizing marijuana in Pennsylvania would require a robust regulatory framework, from licensing growers and distributors to tracking and collecting taxes, preventing underage use and ensuring public safety. Gov. Josh Shapiro supports legal adult use to the point of including that ...

Several Pennsylvania courts have found that “skill games” — played on as many as 70,000 video terminals statewide in convenience stores, civic clubs, bars, and so on — are not games of chance. Unless the state Supreme Court overturns those decisions, the state Gaming Control Board may ...

Some pundits, and no small number of voters, believe that the ills of our politics could be cured if we only imposed term limits – everyday people would, for a couple of years, go to their state capitals or to D.C., humbly legislate, and then return to their workaday lives, unsullied and ...

Studies have found that teens who don’t get enough sleep are less alert in school, more prone to absenteeism, more prone to being overweight, depressed and in danger of picking up unhealthy habits like smoking and drug use. When you were in high school, were you one of those hapless souls ...