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President Trump’s Ohio suburb slide signals peril in industrial north

President Trump’s chances for a second term rest heavily on being able to maintain the margins he won by in 2016, particularly in suburban areas.

By The Associated Press

Seeking suburban votes, Trump targets rule to combat racial bias in housing

President Trump has been trying a new line of attack against his Democratic opponent Joe Biden over the past week, saying that the former vice president wants to "abolish" suburbs.
By NPR

In Philly suburbs, learning to co-exist with the coronavirus

“I would say I’m fairly worried. We don’t have a plan B."
By Michael Rubinkam/Associated Press

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Real estate agents join the push for education funding in Pa.

“Southeast Pennsylvania gets hits particularly hard by the inequities in state funding...the property value in those districts are negatively impacted because of the higher taxes."
By Avi Wolfman-Arent/Keystone Crossroads

Updated: January 15, 2019 | 10:01 am

Pittsburgh suburb is deciding whether to allow fracking beneath local park

It’s a ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to one resident. To others, health concerns override any potential upside.

By Reid Frazier/The Allegheny Front