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We need to listen to the victims of opioid addiction
Opinion, Сolumns
JEFFERY GERRITT Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Jul 25, 2023
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Statistics for the opioid epidemic are grim enough: 5,000 fatal drug overdoses a year in Pennsylvania; more than 1 million American...
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Gov. DeSantis’ unpaid internships
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 25, 2023
It’s hard to imagine in 2023 that any American would view slavery as anything but unmitigated evil. It’s a testament to the nation’s dangerous decline...
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Budget or not, universities hold line
Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 24, 2023
Adopting a state budget is about the only thing that the state constitution requires of legislators. Tuesday, state Rep. Seth Grove of York County, ra...
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Other Voices: The real culprit
Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 24, 2023
Regarding the commentary in the July 15 edition of The Era, “The Man Who Governs Gov. Shapiro,” that man may be Democratic state Rep. Matt Bradford, b...
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Doubts, questions about Biden will only grow
Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
A.B. STODDARD 
Jul 24, 2023
Wow, big news broke last week — President Biden’s campaign is officially going to be headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. For months nervous Democra...
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End day trading in Congress
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 23, 2023
Over the past decade, many members of Congress or members of their families have made exquisitely timed stock trades — buying in advance of good news ...
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Again with court-packing schemes
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 23, 2023
Progressive activists remain committed to tearing down the Supreme Court on one hand as, without irony, they fret about threats to democracy on the ot...
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Bidenomics doesn’t add up for Pa., US
Opinion, Сolumns
NATHAN BENEFIELD 
Jul 23, 2023
President Joe Biden is returning to his birth state to pitch his newly branded economic vision: Bidenomics.} Though Biden seems eager to paint a rosy ...
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Require SCOTUS ethics code
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 21, 2023
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee offered U.S. Supreme Court justices an opportunity to salvage their standing with the American people on W...
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More transparency, less politics
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 21, 2023
Football practice will begin next week at Pennsylvania’s big state-related universities, but the Legislature’s game of political football with the ins...
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Local news is good for business
Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
DEAN RIDINGS 
Jul 21, 2023
It’s no secret that recent years have been tough on small businesses and on newspapers. A bipartisan bill, the Community News & Small Business Support...
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Mutually assured re-nomination
Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Jul 21, 2023
There’s being fortunate in your enemies, and then there’s having enemies who are helping you take the first step in your political comeback. Donald Tr...
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Progressive enmity toward Israel
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 20, 2023
President Joe Biden met with the Israeli president at the White House on Tuesday in an effort to bolster relations between the two longtime and vital ...
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Safe to pass probation reform
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 20, 2023
Safely reducing recidivism among people released from prison long has been one of the most difficult questions for the criminal justice system and, es...
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Michigan’s hate crime law is unconstitutional
Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
SARAH PARSHALL PERRY 
Jul 20, 2023
Last month, the Michigan House passed Bill 4474 — legislation that would expand the state’s existing Ethnic Intimidation Act beyond current protection...
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Don’t reduce anti-violence grants
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 19, 2023
A long, cold state budget impasse marks the long, hot summer at the state Capitol. Lawmakers will beat the heat by taking off the rest of the summer —...
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