The official national jobs report that was made public last Friday was widely expected by analysts to be negative, a culmination of bad economic news that has been mounting for the past two months.

How Congress deals with the debt ceiling crisis will have a lasting effect on Erie and its economy.

I have always found it rewarding to pause to consider the original meaning of this holiday and how it has played a role through the life of our nation to awaken and fan American pride and patriotism.

There is an old saw about the inevitability of death and taxes. The author could have included another predictable and inscrutable event: legislative reapportionment.

Long before I was elected to federal office, I always regarded the Memorial Day weekend as something more than a commencement of summer festivities.