Thumbs up: Every school district should follow the lead of Dover Area, which just shifted to a four-day workweek for the summer to save money and energy.   Full Story

Some have, kindly, referred to the York City school board as fractured. The back and forth sniping among the nine members -- including allegations of racism, criticism of their meeting attendance records and questions over expense reimbursement requests -- has, in the past, overshadowed the work we expected from them.   Full Story

By now it's boilerplate language in any news report on the state budget: Gov. Ed Rendell has never been able to pass a spending plan on time.   Full Story

All that was missing from then-candidate Barack Obama's pledge last year was a challenge to "Read my lips .   Full Story

Even with the deadline less than a week away, it's impossible to predict when a state budget agreement will be reached, or what it will look like.   Full Story

Thumbs up: Christopher Bain, revived five years ago after being pronounced dead on an Iraq battlefield, once felt like he was a forgotten casualty.   Full Story