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Our Opinion

Thompson ready for Farm Bill to bring home bacon

It was a much different world when U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson visited Chautauqua County. In early September, Thompson joined Nick Langworthy, his New York colleague, to listen to those representing the region’s agricultural sector during a stop at the Cornell Cooperative Extension ...

Editor’s corner: Thompson ready for Farm Bill to bring home bacon

It was a much different world when U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson visited Chautauqua County. In early September, Thompson joined Nick Langworthy, his New York colleague, to listen to those representing the region’s agricultural sector during a stop at the Cornell Cooperative Extension ...

Our opinion: Hate acts cannot be tolerated

No matter your thoughts on one social issue or another, most decent human beings can agree those differences do not warrant resorting to violence. But time and again over the past few years, we see instances in which those who have bought in to the fear-and-hatred method of buying votes believe ...

Our opinion: State needs better fiscal grade

“Pennsylvania needed more than $51 billion to pay its outstanding bills, including unfunded retirement obligations,” a report by the organization Truth in Accounting said in its bevy of reported grading each states’ fiscal health. The report — unsurprisingly, in our view, when you ...

Our opinion: Gun controls a cause for concern

The state House of Representatives are mulling four bills this legislative session to adopt additional gun control measures. The measures are fortunately not as invasive or as hostile to the Second Amendment as many gun control advocates would like. Our Republican majority in the state Senate ...

Our opinion: Football Dragons never lost fight

There was plenty to be proud of as the season came to an end for the Warren football Dragons. Despite finishing the campaign without a win, this team proved its character. During the final evening, first-year Coach Cody Bupp saluted his senior members. “I’ve told these kids from day one, ...