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There is a foul smell emanating from the building at 321 N. Union St. — not from a decaying building, but from rotten politics. There is no doubt in m...

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed says the House will take up a proposal to ensure local roads and bridges are repaired and maintained through 2021. “I care about in...

(TNS) Of all the growing divides in America, none is sharper than that between city and country. For rural residents, existential issues on the nation...

(TNS) When I started teaching environmental law and policy, I thought I would work with the next generation of extraordinary environmentalists. I don’...

(TNS) In his poem, “Channel Firing,” written just months before the beginning of World War I, Thomas Hardy pictures the dead slumbering quietly in the...

THUMBS UP: While plenty of work still remains — and more inconvenience will result when construction is taken up again in earnest in the spring — it w...

Rep. Paul Ryan's wife and three young children live in his hometown of Janesville, Wisconsin. He commutes back there almost every weekend, and when he...

If you have an unused cable connection, does the cable company charge you? If you have a vacant telephone socket in your home, are you automatically c...

Institutions of higher learning in the United States should be citadels of fairness and openness, where young people can share and debate diverse opin...

(TNS) A quarter-century ago, while casting about for a dissertation topic, I decided I wanted to write about alcohol prohibition. In a nation of so ma...

Gloria Steinem’s new book, “My Life on the Road,” recounts her life’s journeys and travels. Early reviews and profiles reveal incredible detail of Ste...

After Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the state would provide $8.3 billion over the next five years for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s c...

Politics is supposed to create cooperation and coalition. People in the same party should work together toward common goals. Alan Bernstein is running...

EDITOR'S NOTE: A look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don't tell the full story. WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Carson pitched a tax ...

(TNS) Ted Cruz’s carefully crafted plan to become the right-wing standard-bearer in the Republican presidential race is pretty much on schedule. His c...

(TNS) October has been a clarifying month. The first Democratic debate exhibited Hillary Clinton’s competence and reassured the Democratic Party elite...

(TNS) While the candidates debated, a jury decided. Despite a federal immunity statute for gun manufacturers and sellers, Wisconsin jurors held accoun...

THUMBS UP: It was a positive step taken this past week to organize efforts for better utilization of the Allegheny River to boost tourism and enhance ...