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$16B per year for ‘ghost town’
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 23, 2024
The government spends $15.7 billion each year to lease and maintain its office space, but only 6% of federal employees actually show up for in-person ...
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A blueprint for prosperity
Opinion, Сolumns
REP. DAN MEUSER 
Dec 23, 2024
The American people voted for President Trump’s plan to grow the economy, cut waste, and restore fiscal sanity. During recent funding negotiations, th...
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McCormick can take cue from Casey
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 23, 2024
Pennsylvanians have said goodbye to Sen.Bob Caseyfollowing a contentious campaign against RepublicanDavid McCormick, who prevailed in a tight vote las...
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Chillin’ with old holiday favorites
Opinion, Сolumns
DEB WUETHRICH 
Dec 23, 2024
I may be in my seventh decade of life, but I still love the old Christmas specials, the ones that came out in the 1960s. “A Charlie Brown Christmas”? ...
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A Christmas card to remember
Opinion, Сolumns
KATE DAY SAGER 
Dec 20, 2024
During a family gathering a few years ago, my son-in-law’s eyes spotted an old Christmas card attached to the side of my cluttered refrigerator. How h...
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A bad idea for Social Security
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 19, 2024
The Social Security Trust Fundwill run dry by 2033. At that point, incoming payroll tax revenues will be able to pay just 79% of scheduled benefits. T...
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Erie underscores Democrats’ challenges
Opinion, Сolumns
JEFF BLOODWORTH RealClearPennsylvania 
Dec 19, 2024
June gleefully shouted to anyone within earshot, “We are going to make history tonight!” On election night, the Kamala Harris staffer was beyond jubil...
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Is FEMA’s mission to blow money?
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 18, 2024
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is not in the habit of window shopping. At seemingly every opportunity, the agency prefers to blow as much mon...
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Other Voices: The saga continues
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 18, 2024
Like many in the community I have followed the nine-year saga of legal actions between Bob Cummins Construction and Bradford Sanitary Authority relate...
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Other Voices: What about workers?
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 17, 2024
In his latest email to constituents, U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson once again shows that he sides with business over workers. He criticized the Biden admin...
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Food prices aren’t dropping, and even Trump knows it
Opinion, Сolumns
ADRIANA E. RAMIREZ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Dec 17, 2024
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — When the news broke over the weekend that President-electDonald Trumpadmitted that it's "hard to bring [food prices] down once they...
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