Latest U.S. Census projections are not all bad news for Pennsylvania. In one year, the Commonwealth gained more than 14,000 residents and has increased population by 56,000 residents to 13,059,432 over the last six years. That’s a lot rosier than what’s happening next door. According to ...
The latest political rage is the “Affordability Crisis” – which basically means inflation is eating away at your paycheck. Ironically, the people who most loudly proclaim the Affordability Crisis are usually the ones who caused the problem in the first place by supporting over-spending and over-regulation by the Government. They also think the answer is (curiously) more spending and more regulation. Under President Joe Biden, inflation averaged over 5% per year, with one year being over 9%. By comparison, Trump 47 reduced it to 2.7%, but still more must be done to reverse the ...
The energy statistics in the U.S. have not changed: Pennsylvania remains the second-largest producer of natural gas in the country. If the Appalachia Basin region (Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia) was its own country, it would be the fourth largest producer in the world. From century-old “conventional” wells to far-larger Marcellus and Utica “unconventional” shale wells, these resources have supported grid reliability, driven industrial competitiveness, and supplied relatively affordable and reliable energy to millions of Pennsylvanians. How crazy is it to think, then, ...
The tiny village was named after its tranquil little lake. My dictionary defines placid as serene, gentle, calm. Writing last week’s column about the 1980 Olympics brought back memories that were anything but peaceful. The downtown streets were loud, crowded and fun. It doesn’t seem possible that four and a half decades have slid by since easy-going Lake Placid played host. I was reminded of those many years as Scott Hamilton remarked about this year’s figure skating competition in Italy. When we saw his Olympic debut in Lake Placid, he was 21 years old and stood at his ...
We’re glad to see Gov. Josh Shapiro has signed legislation backed by Rep. Kathy Rapp to mandate cursive instruction in Pennsylvania schools. The commonwealth joins nearly two dozen states to require cursive instruction after many schools across the country stopped teaching cursive after the implementation of the Common Core State Standards, which placed a greater emphasis on keyboarding. House Bill 17 is a needed step to make sure that children are familiar with the way that we’ve communicated for centuries. “Cursive isn’t just about handwriting. It’s about building ...
Since 2020, more than 1,000 pharmacies have closed in Pennsylvania - including three in Warren County. That means it’s harder for many in rural counties like ours to get their prescriptions filled. Customers have to drive longer distances and, at times, pay more. The mass closure crisis has led to expanding pharmacy deserts, defined as an area where residents no longer have reasonable access to a local pharmacy, throughout the state. It’s one reason why a bipartisan bill introduced recently in the state Senate to protect local pharmacies like Gaughn’s Drug Store in Warren ...
