As the Associated Press reported in the weekend edition of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette, the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed further above 7% last week, reaching its highest level in more than 20 years. First, we should be relieved that our unemployment rate is at historic lows. ...

Classes have already begun for four of a county’s school systems. The doors for the remaining five will soon open. It’s an exciting time for children in Lycoming County and throughout the nation. It’s a time their thoughts turn again to their futures, and to what course they will take ...

There are times when regulatory oversight is necessary and when the government providing private enterprises guidance is needed. We appreciate that state Rep. Joe Hamm, R-Hepburn Township, and several of his Republican colleagues recognize that correcting some unacceptable behavior by some in ...

More than 165,000 students soon will head to campus at Penn State, Temple, and Lincoln universities and the University of Pittsburgh, long before the state Senate returns to Harrisburg Sept. 18 and the House straggles in on Sept. 26. Pitt and Penn State students face some of the nation’s ...

Now is the time to get a divorce in Pennsylvania. Because of a failure of the state Legislature to pass legislation, a surcharge on court filings has lapsed. The $21.25 fee can’t be charged because the law authorizing it expired Aug. 1. Lawmakers haven’t passed new legislation that would ...

President Joe Biden introduced Americans to our new Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument in early August. The move by the White House will severely curtail mining and development on nearly one million acres — or more than 1,500 square miles — of public land. While existing ...