Opinion

Pennsylvania can learn from Ohio and West Virginia
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By NATHAN BENEFIELD RealClearPennsylvania 
Jul 21, 2025
Over the last decade, Pennsylvania has lost population and businesses to more competitive states. But this outmigration offers clues on how Pennsylvan...
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McCormick summit shows that leaders matter
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Jul 20, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — It's not a coincidence that the person who delivered the biggest economic development coup in recent Pittsburgh history, and finall...
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Pricing teens out of job market
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 18, 2025
The summer job, for decades a stepping stone toward adulthood and independence, may be going the way of the VCR for a great many teens. Progressive ef...
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How Shapiro benefitted from staying off Harris ticket
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
Jul 18, 2025
Looking back at the 2024 election, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro might want to send Tim Walz a thank-you note. By getting picked as Kamala Harris's r...
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Killing skill games in Pa.
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By SEN. GENE YAW 
Jul 18, 2025
For the past five years, I have worked closely with Pennsylvania’s small businesses, veterans’ organizations and the skill game industry to craft a fa...
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Get to the state museum quick — and prepare to be amazed
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By JOYCE M. DAVIS 
Jul 16, 2025
(TNS) — If you have not been to the State Museum of Pennsylvania lately, you need to go again. Quick. And if you’re one of those Pennsylvanians who’s ...
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No one should get measles in America
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 16, 2025
(TNS) — There is no good reason for any American to become infected with the measles virus in 2025. Effective vaccines reduced the incidence of the di...
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What Pa. can learn from La. about energy policy
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ELIZABETH STELLE RealClearPennsylvania 
Jul 16, 2025
Louisiana, the third-largest producer of natural gas nationally, has capitalized on President Donald Trump’s energy policies, which represent an about...
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Democrats will regret their Epstein files glee
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DAVID MASTIO Kansas City Star 
Jul 15, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — “Bring in the clowns” is a great motto for a circus but a bad one for a political party. I know because I was there when the Republ...
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Antiquated Social Security investments
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 15, 2025
A law from 1935 that dictates how the Social Security trust fund invests its money could be causing the government to miss out on hundreds of billions...
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2005 a faint memory in Pa. Capitol
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 15, 2025
LANCASTER (TNS) — In the Pennsylvania Legislature, the more things change, the more they stay the same It's been 20 years since the Pennsylvania Legis...
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Social Security needs more than risky wagers
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg News 
Jul 15, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — I have been a pension nerd since I was 20 years old. So I have been hearing for literally decades that there is a simple, magical sol...
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The biggest day for W.Pa. in decades
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Jul 14, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Not since the days of Andrew Carnegie has there been as much economic power in one Pittsburgh room as there will be at Carnegie Mel...
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Democrats try to make Pa. sheriff race about Trump, ICE
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By GUY CIARROCCHI RealClearPennsylvania 
Jul 14, 2025
Bucks County Sheriff Fred Harran is running for re-election. He’s doing the job of the elected office: keeping residents safe. Progressives, though, a...
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Other Voices: Get back to basics
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 11, 2025
After years of becoming annoyed by what I see on television as well as watching the actions of so many “so-called” Americans, I felt inclined to write...
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Fed gets ‘Palace of Versailles’ renovation
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 11, 2025
The planned renovation of the Federal Reserve’s office buildings will cost $2.5 billion and include rooftop gardens, skylights, water displays and mor...
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