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Our Opinion

Editor’s corner: There’s a thirst for water upgrades

Tidioute residents are well aware of water troubles. Since March 18, the borough has been under a boil-water order. Making matters worse, the Southwest Warren County Municipal Authority is not optimistic about when users can start drinking from the fountains again. In its latest notice, they ...

Our opinion: Fiscal sanity rests with state Senate

The state House of Representatives’ passage of a one-house budget means fiscal sanity now rests in the hands of the state Senate. House members passed a budget that is nearly identical to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s $53.3 billion budget proposal in a largely party line vote. Five Republicans ...

Our opinion: Small steps add up on Earth Day

For more than half a century, the United States has been celebrating Earth Day. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, it was in the spring of 1970, Sen. Gaylord Nelson created Earth Day as a way to force legal and regulatory mechanisms to protect our natural world. Today, our ...

Our opinion: Hold firm on state spending

About 10 weeks ago, Gov. Josh Shapiro unveiled his 2026-27 state budget proposal. The budget is due June 30 — about 11 weeks away. As close to the mid-point as we are, we hope our lawmakers are making substantive progress on deciding what the state budget should look like. We can reiterate ...

Our opinion: Census data still disappointing

We’re not surprised by estimates showing Warren County’s population has fallen. People leaving, or those who remain not having enough children to keep population levels high, is the new normal not just for Warren County or other rural Pennsylvania counties but rural counties in New York ...

Other voices: Hungary shows power of voting

Whether you loved him or hated him, you cannot deny the influence Viktor Orban has had on the world during his time in politics — nor the iron grip he had on his own country’s electoral machine. And yet, on Sunday, the people of Hungary decided that, after 16 years in office, enough was ...