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The Department of Education accounts for 4% of federal spending. That’s less than Health and Human Services, Social Security Administration, the Treasury, Defense and Veterans Affairs. The 2024 federal education budget is about $79 billion. There are more than 54 million school-age children in the United States, according to the...

Fundraisers • Latrobe Art Center will host its annual Yellow Tie Gala from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 23 in an open air dining room and dance floor on Ligonier Street in Latrobe. There will be a banana split bar, music by Mike Urick and the Modelaires and an open...

Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Annual Riverbration planned in Kittanning The Kittanning Boat Races Riverbration event...

The letter “Why do evangelicals support un-Christian Trump?” (Aug. 6, TribLive) really got me thinking: Am I voting for a person who I want to run the country, to keep me and my family safe, to keep the economy running such that I can afford to feed my family without...

High schools Golf Tuesday’s results Boys Section 3-3A Seneca Valley 195, Butler 196 Medalists: Tyler Garvin (SV) 36; Codi Fennel, Blake Scott (B) 36 Section 5-3A Peters Township 173*, Canon-McMillan 196 Medalists: Griffin Hansberry (PT) 33; Henry Manciu (CM) 33 * Course record Section 1-2A Riverview 205, Deer Lakes 232...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 52-59) beat St. Paul (Twins), 5-4, when LF Billy Cook (.286) hit a grand slam in the seventh inning, his 13th homer of the year. RF Billy McKinney (.280) went 1 for 2 with his fourth homer. 3B Alika Williams (.299) went 1 for 4 with a triple....

The judge’s words to the defendants were harsh. Their crimes were serious, said U.S. District Judge William S. Stickman IV. They weren’t a momentary lapse in judgment but a decade-long criminal enterprise. The defendants misappropriated the identity of a disabled American veteran to earn government contracts, something akin, the judge...

A pro-Palestinian group wants Pittsburghers to decide whether to bar the city from doing business with entities that work with Israel, but opponents to the proposal on Tuesday called the measure antisemitic and challenged the effort in court. A petition to add a referendum to November’s general election ballot, filed...

A stockpile of 20 expired restaurant liquor licenses in Pennsylvania are up for auction. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board opened bidding on Tuesday as part of its 13th auction since the passage of Act 39, a 2016 law that made sweeping changes to liquor sales in the state. The auction...

Penn State coach James Franklin, as measured as he always tries to be when discussing young players, had a hard time holding back when asked about freshman offensive lineman Cooper Cousins. Cousins — a 6-6, 320-pound behemoth and former No. 1 prospect in Pennsylvania — has impressed at just about...

The Latin American left has a decision to make about Venezuela: Oppose Nicolás Maduro’s totalitarian bid to remain in power indefinitely or enable it. Efforts to constrain Maduro may not succeed. But giving in to him will destabilize neighboring countries — with consequences for the United States — undermine the...

Even if you didn’t care about or respect women’s choices when it comes to having children, the “childless cat ladies” comments from Donald Trump running mate J.D. Vance still are deeply problematic because they suggest a misunderstanding of a vital policy issue: fertility. In its most basic form, economists care...

I just saw that Vice President Kamala Harris intends to work on reducing inflation as soon as she takes office as president. Just a thought — why don’t she and President Biden work on it now? In my opinion, they are the ones who caused the rise in inflation. Lou...

Why does Donald Trump respond to issues the way he does … seemingly without thinking about the facts or those who might be affected? Or does he just not care? Is he continuing with the guidance his dad provided on how to “attack”? Does he lack compassion or understanding or...

One important but overlooked cause of climate change is methane emissions. In Pennsylvania, oil and gas companies release over 1.1 million tons of methane every year. This contributes significantly to the state’s global warming pollution, as methane has 86 times the heating potential as carbon dioxide does within 20 years....

George Washington was not a third-party candidate. He was a no-party candidate. He was adamantly opposed to the idea of political parties, believing them to be detrimental to the intent of the constitution. John Tyler started his political career as a Democrat, but it was the Whigs who nominated him...

Editor’s note: Trib HSSN will publish team-by-team previews for one conference per day until the start of the high school football season Aug. 23. Mark Lyons isn’t exactly a big believer in silver linings or excuse making. Lyons, entering his 15th campaign as Central Valley’s coach, is coming off a...

Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Rick Gercak and Three Who Rock to play Tarentum Park Tarentum...

At the recent National Association of Black Journalists convention, Donald Trump was asked if Kamala Harris was a DEI candidate. It was a “gotcha” question, but let’s look at Harris’ political history, and maybe we can answer it. When Joe Biden was choosing his VP, he pointedly announced that he...

High schools Golf Monday’s results Jerry Roman Memorial Chairman’s Cup At Cedarbrook Team scores Boys 3A: 1. Peters Township 370; 2. South Fayette 394; 3. Morgantown 418; 4. Central Dauphin 422; 5. Baldwin 439; 6. Bethel Park 439; 7. Wheeling Park 446 Boys 2A: 1. Mt. Pleasant 442; 2. Sewickley...

The Mon Valley Pony baseball team saw its Pony League World Series journey come to an end Monday morning with an 11-4 loss against Palmview, Texas, but the team left with their heads held high. Despite giving up four runs in the bottom of the sixth and entering the final...

Former President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to sue the federal government for $115 million over the 2022 search of his Mar-a-Lago estate, accusing the Department of Justice of unconstitutional “political persecution.” Even though the search turned up hundreds of classified documents and led to his indictment on federal charges,...