Jay Stevens

It's the end of the line for GE-Union negotiations.

Pennsylvanians do not like Governor Corbett. Here's why.

Andy Pettitte used PEDs. Why isn't he a target for writerly abuse?

Here's something to ruin your nice day: a 300-mile algae bloom is predicted for Lake Erie this summer.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have the best record in baseball. Are they for real? And who's coming to Erie this week in AA action?

The Supreme Court guts the Voting Rights Act, and Texas celebrates by enacting discriminatory voting law and legislative redistricting plan.

A Miami-based anti-aging clinic allegedly supplied PEDs to major-league players. And the story just keeps getting weirder.

 Getting to know the major players of Erie's Minor League Baseball team.

Erie SeaWolves GM Greg Coleman chose an interesting way to cope with his son's autism diagnosis. He ran. A lot.

In the last issue, Jay Stevens wrote about climate change and Lake Erie. He's returning to the topic and setting his sights on the politics of the issue.

The not-so-manufactured scandal: the Obama administration's unprecedented seizure of media phone records.

We are at a crossroads. Massive algae blooms are cropping up. Invasive species threaten the habitat of native fish. A survey recently found the highest concentrations of waterborne microplastics recorded in the world in Lake Erie. And climate change promises to severely alter our region's weather, transforming the lake in ways we can't imagine. This is our lake.

House Republicans are at it again, desperately searching for something – anything – to stick to the president and his administration.

Money does not win elections. Well, money helps. But elections are rigged like the games you find on the carnival midway, but it's not money that decides them. Instead, it's redistricting.

Does the surviving Tsarnaev brother deserve his day in court?