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For more than 30 years, I have had the privilege of serving as a registered dietitian and consultant to Head Start programs in Fayette, Washington, and Greene counties. I have worked alongside teachers, cooks, family service workers, health professionals, and administrators. Most importantly, I ...

OP-ED: All ‘suffed’ up at the Benedum

We were recently gifted tickets to see the Broadway musical "Suffs" at the Pittsburgh CLO Benedum Center. The theme is the story of the American women who organized, marched, and who were brutally jailed to procure a constitutional amendment so that women could vote. The slogan for the musical ...

Just a couple of years ago, part of Greene County faced a water crisis. The East Dunkard Water Authority, the previous water provider for over 1,600 residents in several communities south of Pittsburgh, had been out of compliance with drinking water regulations for years. Families turned on ...

Like many of you, I was tired of finding three, four, even five political mailers a day stuffed in my mailbox. Most Republican voters in the 46th Senatorial District could probably wallpaper their homes with them. When voters would rightfully express their dismay, I told them: check the ...

Two hundred fifty years ago this summer, delegates met in Philadelphia and signed their names to a document that risked everything. The Declaration of Independence was a bet that ordinary people, given truthful information about those in power, could govern themselves. That promise is harder ...

ItÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s no secret that Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) schools, now with 10 universities with 14 campuses, have undergone a drastic enrollment decline since their peak period in 2015 and 2016. But even with school consolidations and a minor student-count reversal in ...