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Our Opinion

Editor’s corner: State GOP engagement keeps pressure on Dems

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s re-election campaign more than a year away already appears to be navigating in troubled waters. After proposing a $51.5 billion spending plan that had revenues exceeding expenses by $4.5 billion, Senate Republicans rejected the proposal, seeking an option that ...

Other voices: Nixing survey won’t end hunger

President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is anything but for the nation’s poorest families. Among the numerous cruel elements to the new spending plan are food-program cuts that are expected to increase “food insecurity” — also known as hunger — for millions of Americans, ...

Our opinion: Youths, not motorists, have right of way

Right-thinking people of Pennsylvania have to be wondering whether the study associated with obtaining a driver’s license in this state has begun being regarded as something that doesn’t really matter — that the information presented is part of a lame exercise worthy of being forgotten ...

Our opinion: Lack of interest unsurprising

We would like to say we’re surprised there isn’t much interest in the former Hudson development property at 231-237 Pennsylvania Ave. W. The property was returned to the Redevelopment Authority in October 2024 after the Eagles Crest development fell apart amidst community opposition and ...

Our opinion: A need that isn’t going away

One cluster of EMS calls in and outside of the city at the same time does not create an urgent situation. But the situation described recently by Dave Krogler, Warren fire chief, in which Warren firefighters found themselves responding to calls in Pleasant and Glade townships while, within ...

Our opinion: Knowing the SNAP adjustments

Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program recipients are still welcome to benefits throughout the state and region. But those who are receiving must now contribute to the community through volunteering, working or while learning. Last week, state Department of Human Services Secretary Dr. ...