All of Pennsylvania has too many Municipalities. West Alexander sits on the westernmost edge of Washington County, a stone’s toss from the West Virginia line. A fair happens nearby, the town has an undeniable charm and it’s steeped in history — if you stroll around its cemeteries, ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro laid out a plan for cooperation in his budget address last Tuesday. Heading into his third budget negotiation, he outlined priorities that might be consensus builders between his Democratic Party and the Republicans on the other side. He talked about seniors. He talked about ...

The taxing power in the federal government resides in the Congress. The Constitution states that Congress has the power to “lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts” of the federal government. Indeed, in order to emphasize the location of this power in the ...

It’s impossible to overstate the impact Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency are having on American government – and the public’s knowledge about what’s really being done with our money. Nowhere is that more evident than the erupting scandal involving the United ...

Editor’s note: The Spotlight PA article referenced below was published in the Thursday, Feb. 6 edition of The Sentinel. Imagine what people of Johnstown would be thinking and feeling if the University of Pittsburgh were to arouse speculation that some of its branch campuses might be targeted ...

In June 2020, at the height of the furor surrounding the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, a column on the website Medium was headlined, “We don’t need cops to become social workers.” That’s true. But there’s absolutely nothing wrong with bringing social ...