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On debt limit, time to end business as usual
Opinion, Сolumns
PAUL WINFREE Tribune News Service 
Feb 24, 2023
President Joe Biden has called for an increase in the debt ceiling. To avoid another fight with Congress on the issue ahead of the 2024 elections, he ...
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Rochester, N.Y., man jailed for forgery, theft
Crime, News
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Feb 11, 2023
A Rochester, N.Y., man was sent to McKean County Jail Friday for allegedly intercepting a check from a local doctor’s office, “washing” it and cashing...
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5 ways to fix Pa.’s unconstitutional school funding
Opinion, Сolumns
PAUL MUSCHICK The Morning Call 
Feb 10, 2023
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — A judge confirmed Tuesday what most rational people surmised a long time ago — Pennsylvania’s system of funding public education sti...
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Rate hikes may be too much
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 06, 2023
The Federal Reserve shocked no one Wednesday when it announced another 25 basis-point hike to interest rates. Yet our lack of surprise doesn’t mean a ...
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Fiscal cliff ahead, Pa.’s treasurer warns
News, PA State News
ANTHONY HENNEN The Center Square 
Feb 03, 2023
HARRISBURG — While Pennsylvania’s budget remains in good fiscal shape for the short term, the treasurer warned of potential problems on the horizon. D...
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Time for Pa. taxpayers to demand property-tax relief
Opinion, Сolumns
PAUL MUSCHICK The Morning Call 
Jan 29, 2023
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — The recent audit that questioned school property tax hikes in Bethlehem, Northampton and other Pennsylvania communities should anger...
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Eliminate the ceiling of debt
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 22, 2023
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to use the U.S. government’s potential default on its debt as the means to “negotiate” future spending. Future spen...
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Pa. lawmakers can reverse population exodus
Opinion, Сolumns
NATHAN BENEFIELD RealClearPennsylvania 
Jan 20, 2023
New data from the Census Bureau reveal that residents are fleeing Pennsylvania at an alarming rate. Pennsylvania lost nearly 40,000 residents to other...
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Bring back postal banking
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 29, 2021
In 1947, more than 4 million Americans owned $3.4 billion in saving deposits held not by a bank or credit union, but by the United States Postal Servi...
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