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    Pa. can learn from legal pot rollouts in other states
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Pa. can learn from legal pot rollouts in other states
    By HANNA WEBSTER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Jun 17, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — As the legalization of recreational cannabis continues to face roadblocks in Pennsylvania, there's much to learn from the dozens of...
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    What’s wrong with enforcing the law?
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    What’s wrong with enforcing the law?
    By SUSAN SHELLEY Los Angeles Daily News 
    Jun 16, 2025
    LOS ANGELES (TNS) — President Donald Trump is enforcing immigration law, and for the first time in many decades immigration enforcement does not resem...
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    What’s ahead in Pennsylvania’s state budget fight
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    What’s ahead in Pennsylvania’s state budget fight
    By MARK NICASTRE RealClearPennsylvania 
    Jun 16, 2025
    Pennsylvania's budget process is a byzantine effort that is critical to the functioning of the commonwealth but largely ignored by the public. The new...
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    Government waste on display today
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Government waste on display today
    Jun 14, 2025
    It is altogether fitting that the nation should honor the 250th anniversary of the United States Army on June 14, 2025. That’s a judgment that was sha...
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    Other Voices: Reckless, misleading accusations
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Other Voices: Reckless, misleading accusations
    Jun 13, 2025
    In Wednesday’s Other Voices the writer condemns President Trump for “each grievance, each lie, and each attack on our nation’s norms.” He goes on to s...
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    Guest Comment: Black Cherry Wind Project decisions will impact generations
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Guest Comment: Black Cherry Wind Project decisions will impact generations
    By JOHN ANDERSON 
    Jun 13, 2025
    As a Keating Township supervisor, I’ve spent the past several months hearing about the Black Cherry Wind Project and listening to voices from both sid...
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    Yet another tale from the ‘wilds’ of Portville
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Yet another tale from the ‘wilds’ of Portville
    By DEB WUETHRICH 
    Jun 13, 2025
    I thought I had the perfect setup for summer — until the birds came. And the stray cat. And the squirrel. Since last fall, I have been giving my cats,...
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    Controversy at professional societies
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Controversy at professional societies
    Jun 12, 2025
    OpenTheBooks.com’s team of auditors has identified three professional societies whose taxpayer-funded grants and contracts should be reviewed from the...
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    Time to invest in Pennsylvania’s caregiver workforce
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Time to invest in Pennsylvania’s caregiver workforce
    By STEVEN KINSEY RealClearPennsylvania 
    Jun 12, 2025
    At this time last year, I was serving in the state House of Representatives and leading the Human Service Committee, so I’ve seen up close how difficu...
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    Energy regulations threaten Pennsylvania’s tech boom
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Energy regulations threaten Pennsylvania’s tech boom
    By ELIZABETH STELLE RealClearPennsylvania 
    Jun 12, 2025
    Pennsylvania is on the short list of destinations for cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI). However, the commonwealth — thanks to ill-advi...
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    Other Voices: Wary of unreliable energy
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Other Voices: Wary of unreliable energy
    Jun 11, 2025
    I just came across two news articles regarding wind turbines: "Solar Tech: China's Trojan Horse" and "A new IEA Report and the Iberian Blackout End Dr...
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    Fettermania runs wild in Pa.
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Fettermania runs wild in Pa.
    By OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
    Jun 11, 2025
    Last week, Sen. John Fetterman’s chief of staff Krysta Sinclair Juris walked out the door, becoming the latest in a string of staff departures that wo...
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    Trump-Musk breakup: Unserious governance isn’t funny
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Trump-Musk breakup: Unserious governance isn’t funny
    By BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Jun 11, 2025
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — In one of the most perceptive gags in one of the best television comedies of all time, "Arrested Development," the effete therapist...
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    Improper payments waste billions
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Improper payments waste billions
    Jun 10, 2025
    The Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Defense and Office of Personnel Management violated the Payment Integrity Information Act by publis...
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    James Madison’s appeal to reasonable discourse
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    James Madison’s appeal to reasonable discourse
    By SUSAN BRYNNE LONG RealClearPolitics 
    Jun 10, 2025
    On June 8, 1789, James Madison rose before Congress and performed an about-face. The founder who had opposed the addition of a bill of rights to the C...
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    New era of safer Pa. roads
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    New era of safer Pa. roads
    By SEN. ROSEMARY BROWN The Center Square 
    Jun 10, 2025
    Last week, a new era of safety began on Pennsylvania roads when Paul Miller’s Law officially took effect. Named in memory of Paul Miller Jr. — a young...
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    Other Voices: Slowly he turned our nation
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Other Voices: Slowly he turned our nation
    Jun 10, 2025
    In the vaudeville skit, “Slowly I Turned," a seeming calm figure hears a trigger word and is instantly overtaken by uncontrollable rage.  Step by step...
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    Magically disappearing leaves at HUD properties
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Magically disappearing leaves at HUD properties
    Jun 09, 2025
    The Department of Housing and Urban Development spent $714 million paying outside contractors to take care of houses and condominiums owned by the fed...
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    Left-wing extremism hides behind a mask of social justice
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Left-wing extremism hides behind a mask of social justice
    Jun 09, 2025
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TNS) — The antisemitic attacks in Boulder, Colorado, and Washington, D.C., alongside the recent white nationalist demonstration in K...
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    A town like Corry illustrates Pa.’s urban-rural divide
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    A town like Corry illustrates Pa.’s urban-rural divide
    By JEFFREY H. BLOODWORTH RealClearPennsylvania 
    Jun 09, 2025
    “The Democrats quit being the party of normal. They are the party of ‘we are smarter than you. We are better than you.’ What kind of party runs on a ‘...
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    Is Pittsburgh ready for Savannah Bananas? Things to know before a winner comes to PNC Park
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    Is Pittsburgh ready for Savannah Bananas? Things to know before a winner comes to PNC Park
    Tom Davidson The Tribune-Review, Greensburg 
    August 20, 2025
    (TNS) — There's a hot ticket next weekend at PNC Park. It's not the Pirates (who are in the basement of the NL Central). That weekend, they are on the...
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    Tessena, Troisi to Co-Captain Bradford Cross Country
    Local Sports
    Tessena, Troisi to Co-Captain Bradford Cross Country
    August 20, 2025
    After losing two four-year lettermen to graduation and having another two-year letterwinner not returning, the Owls are faced with a rebuilding year a...
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    HS Roundup: St. Marys, OV take home wins
    Local Sports
    HS Roundup: St. Marys, OV take home wins
    Jo Wankel 
    August 20, 2025
    Boys Golf St. Marys 159, Ridgway 176 The Saint Marys Dutchmen golf team improved to 3-1 with a win over the visiting Ridgway Elkers in a match played ...
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    Here comes the sun
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    Here comes the sun
    Sunflower Festival returns to Kane
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    August 20, 2025
    KANE – Get ready to soak up the “sonshine” at the Second annual Sunflower Festival, happening Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Wilds Sonshine Factory, 3...
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    WellNow offers tips on healthy school year
    Local News
    WellNow offers tips on healthy school year
    By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
    August 20, 2025
    It's not just students and teachers gearing up for back-to-school, there are all kinds of germs and bugs just waiting to be passed around. Nicholas Cu...
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    Bradford man jailed for alleged strangulation
    Crime, Local News
    Bradford man jailed for alleged strangulation
    August 20, 2025
    A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail for allegedly strangling two women during confrontations Aug. 17. Montana Moore, 27, of 14 Cherry St., is char...
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