In May 2022, state Sen. Doug Mastriano secured the Republican nomination for governor with 44% of the vote, beating by more than 2-to-1 his closest challenger, former U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta. It was an impressive victory for Mastriano, but the fact that he received 44% of the vote means that ...

New Yorkers are right to be horrified by the explosion of gun violence involving teen shooters and victims over the past few days. Alas, they can count on that violence to continue, because Gov. Kathy Hochul and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie simply refuse to lift a finger to repeal the Raise ...

Everybody hates politicians, right? Well, maybe not as much as we might think. Members of Congress tend to be reelected, and most local and state officials end up keeping their jobs when they come before voters. Some run unopposed. Sure, in recent years, presidents have been lightning rods ...

U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Dallas, is right to fight for development of the gas and oil industries, and our region certainly should be thankful he has filed a brief before the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the construction of a pipeline to move natural gas from West Virginia to a depot in ...

Given the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s history of cost and corruption, it’s not easy for another government body to make it look good. But the state Legislature has risen to the challenge. The commission announced this week that, in January, it will raise turnpike tolls for the 16th ...

“The common-sense majority have no voice in this country. … They just watch the three-ring circus play out.” Jon Huntsman Jr., a former Utah governor who served as ambassador in two high-profile, high-pressure roles in both the Obama and Trump administrations, made this observation in ...