One of the most important lessons in tax policy is that the person who is handed the bill and sends the check to the taxman isn’t necessarily the person shouldering the entire cost — or even the bulk of the cost. A tax might first directly hit a few rich taxpayers, but it never remains ...

It’s the day after Tax Day, but Americans have more on their minds than just their W-2s. Every American is facing an additional tax in the form of record-high inflation, spurred by 15 months of big government spending and unrelenting attacks on domestic energy production by the Biden ...

Last month, after many delays, the Pennsylvania Department of Education released academic assessment results for 2021. The results were startling: over 47 percent of our eighth-graders aren’t proficient in reading, and a whopping 78 percent are below grade level in math. The trends show ...

We are sick and tired of hearing about COVID-19 and the still present possibility of getting sick from the virus, which has yet to settle into an endemic state. Uncertainty can be hard to bear. As Americans rightfully celebrate the recent steep decline in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and ...

Matisse Thybulle is a professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers. They open a National Basketball Association playoff series with the Toronto Raptors tonight. And you are wondering why this column is not in the Sports section. Well, Thybulle’s team is playing the only ...

It is springtime and someone one else this year is cutting the grass at the General John Burrows Historical Society of Montoursville on Loyalsock Avenue. The same is true at the Church of Our Savior (Episcopal) located next door. Don Konkle voluntarily cut the lawns at both properties for ...