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End the ‘green new scam’ loan machine
Opinion, Сolumns
ANDRE BELIVEAU RealClearPolitics 
Apr 23, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) was created to help advance clean-energy infrastructure and technologies that allegedly had...
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Other Voices: Trump’s economic chaos
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 22, 2025
In a recent edition of The Bradford Era, Congressman Glenn Thompson stated that President Donald Trump's first months have been "very effective." Is e...
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Staircase cost nearly $1M per step
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 22, 2025
Every journey starts with a single step, but the cost of each step isn't usually $935,000. That’s how much New York state will spend to repair each of...
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Data shows Pa. GOP gradual mail-in ballot adoption
Opinion, Сolumns
ATHAN KOUTSIOUROUMBAS RealClearPennsylvania 
Apr 22, 2025
It appears that good news keeps coming for Pennsylvania’s Republicans. Recently released data reveal a subtle but significant trend: Republicans are e...
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Francis was the right pope for a declining church
Opinion, Сolumns
DAVID MILLS Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Apr 22, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — "It's true that if you venture out onto the street, the same thing could happen to you as could happen to anyone: you could have an...
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Making household items great again
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 22, 2025
If the government shouldn’t be in your bedroom, why is it spying on your bathroom? This month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order repeal...
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HHS grants for sex toys education
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 21, 2025
A nonprofit that has received $31.8 million in federal grant money since 2004 used funds to teach children about sex toys and encouraged them to hide ...
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End of the world as we know it, but was it all good?
Opinion, Сolumns
BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Apr 21, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Earlier this month, sharp declines in the stock market wiped out $5 trillion in value. Which raises the question: If $5 trillion ca...
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Get a warrant at the border
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 18, 2025
Last week, U.S. Rep. Ted W. Lieu, D-Calif., along with fellow Democratic Reps.Eleanor Holmes NortonofWashington, D.C., Donald BeyerofVirginiaandAdrian...
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Pandemic overpayments ignored
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 18, 2025
Ten state-level agencies accidentally overpaid $10.4 billion — and possibly much more — to people filing for unemployment during the COVID pandemic. M...
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Tariffs: An economic tool and a reality check
Opinion, Сolumns
GUY CIARROCCHI RealClearPennsylvania 
Apr 18, 2025
President Donald Trump has done it again. Never one for subtly, he has elected officials, the media, and international officials all talking about tar...
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New and old friends give life flavor
Opinion, Сolumns
DEB WUETHRICH 
Apr 18, 2025
PORTVILLE, N.Y. — Writers always hope for readers and for columnists, that hope is someone will identify with what they offer. This is known as “the u...
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A doomsday clock is ticking
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 17, 2025
If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that i...
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Extending Trump tax cuts critical for Main Street
Opinion, Сolumns
PRESTON BRASHERS 
Apr 17, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Congress has a decision to make. Hang American small business owners out to dry, or lock in a tax system that allows America’s entr...
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Striving for ‘Made in America’
Opinion, Сolumns
JIM SPENCER 
Apr 16, 2025
As the newly appointed regional administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Mid-Atlantic Region, I am excited about the future of Ameri...
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Auction of federal building loses money
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 16, 2025
There’s no denying that the federal government needs to sell many of its buildings. It would cost $370 billion to repair all of them, while they were ...
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Trump’s most vital job is the nation’s morale
Opinion, Сolumns
DONNIE COLLINS The Times-Tribune, Scranton 
Apr 16, 2025
SCRANTON (TNS) — In November,Donald Trumpwon the presidency with 49.8 percent of the popular vote. That was up three percentage points from his 2020 l...
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Lexington and Concord at 250
Opinion, Сolumns
WILLIAM ANTHONY HAY RealClearPolitics 
Apr 16, 2025
This April marks the 250th anniversary of the famous shots fired at Concord, Massachusetts, that set off the American Revolution. Capt. Levi Preston, ...
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