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Did EPA throw Pa. under boat?
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 24, 2023
Even though no part of the Chesapeake Bay is in Pennsylvania, the state always has had a higher bar to meet than other states engaged in the joint eff...
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Divided, paranoid and armed
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 23, 2023
Someone knocks on the wrong door. An SUV pulls into the wrong driveway. A teen tries to get into the wrong car. A group of kids let a basketball roll ...
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Revamp laws for legal guardians
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 21, 2023
Most older people understand, by experience, the adage that “old age doesn’t come alone.” And, as people live longer, old age often comes with a legal...
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Few EVs on tax credit list
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 21, 2023
Expanded electric car subsidies were supposed to be a centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s signature climate law, accelerating emissions reductions by...
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The moderate dominating the 2024 race
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Apr 21, 2023
Back in 2016, the most moderate Republican candidate in the race was Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who lost everywhere except his home state. Perhaps the mos...
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Figure out funding source first
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 20, 2023
The idea of a dedicated fund to support the state police is a perfect illustration of Pennsylvania’s ongoing governmental challenges. Gov. Josh Shapir...
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Utilities commission needs experts
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 20, 2023
Natural gas explosions, pipeline ruptures and the disastrous Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, have underscored staffing prob...
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Punishing those with good credit
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 19, 2023
The Biden administration wants homebuyers who have good credit to cover the risks of lending to homebuyers who don’t. Congressional Republicans should...
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Use settlement for treatment
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 19, 2023
Before the COVID-19 emergency changed the subject early in 2020, Pennsylvania had made significant progress against the opioid epidemic that had been ...
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Pentagon documents leak will embolden Putin
Opinion, Сolumns
TRUDY RUBIN The Philadelphia Inquirer 
Apr 18, 2023
JERUSALEM (TNS) — Here’s one of the most maddening aspects of the mindless leak of hundreds of classified documents by a group of young men and boys p...
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DeSantis not dead yet
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Apr 18, 2023
The Ron DeSantis presidential campaign sure was good while it lasted. The conventional wisdom has turned so decidedly against the Florida governor tha...
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Slow going in Harrisburg
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 18, 2023
During the two months that the “full-time” state House managed not to meet early this year, legislatures in several other states wrapped up their busi...
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Consequences for a stupid kid
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 17, 2023
So maybe Jack Teixeira, a lowly 21-year-old enlisted man in the Massachusetts Air National Guard still living at his mom’s house, thought it was wicke...
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