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Support Pa. Youth Service Corps
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 27, 2023
Legislation proposed by two House Democrats would create a Pennsylvania Youth Service Corps, providing jobs to clean up the environment and undertake ...
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Biden limps into re-election campaign
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 27, 2023
President Joe Biden formally announced his re-election bid this week. The nation reacted with a collective yawn. Mr. Biden’s four years have been mark...
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State should account for fracking waste
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 26, 2023
Lawmakers were so eager to accommodate the natural gas industry nearly two decades ago that they opened the rich Marcellus Shale gas field without an ...
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Learning from rocket’s ruin
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 24, 2023
Space travel isn’t for the faint of heart. Even test flights without humans on board can be nerve-racking events. And so it was Thursday, when a Space...
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Sidney Crosby will always be a Penguin, right?
Columns, Local Sports, Pro
RON COOK Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS 
Apr 24, 2023
PITTSBURGH — A partial list of Hall of Famers who left their original team after achieving greatness: Michael Jordan. Tom Brady. Joe Montana. Johnny U...
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Political impact of abortion issue is clear
Opinion, Сolumns
CARL P. LEUBSDORF 
Apr 19, 2023
DALLAS (TNS) — A trio of federal court decisions has left uncertainty and confusion about the legality of abortion pills and the conditions under whic...
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Pa. policy penalizes working class
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 14, 2023
Pennsylvania lawmakers regularly give away the store to wealthy interests. The theory is that it’s necessary to compete with neighboring states for de...
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Pollock: It hasn’t been  easy 2023 for SBU’s Schmidt
Basketball, College Sports, Columns, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Apr 12, 2023
It hasn’t been a pleasant start to 2023 for St. Bonaventure men’s basketball coach Mark Schmidt. When the calendar changed, he saw his Bonnies go from...
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Drag performance demeaning to women?
Сolumns
CYNTHIA ALLEN 
Apr 11, 2023
If you feel like drag queens are ubiquitous these days, you aren’t wrong. Whether it’s public libraries, advertisements or award shows, it seems like ...
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Pickett predicting ‘big jump in year two’
Columns, Football, Local Sports, ...
JOHN LUCIEW pennlive.com/TNS 
Apr 10, 2023
In his rookie season, Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett saved his best for last. He made NFL history with back-to-back come-from-behind-wins to close...
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HS Wrestling: Big 30 stalwarts fueled by youth programs
Columns, High School, Local Sports, ...
JEFF UVEINO juveino@bradfordera.com 
Apr 08, 2023
The same schools dominate the Big 30 wrestling All-Star selections seemingly every year. When star wrestlers graduate, new ones fill their spots. The ...
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McCutchen means the world to Pittsburgh
Baseball, Columns, Local Sports, ...
JOE STARKEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS 
Apr 07, 2023
Nothing felt right about Andrew McCutchen’s final home game here, likely because it wasn’t clear if it was his final home game here. The date was Sept...
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Holding rail industry accountable
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 06, 2023
Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators are leading the push to hold the rail industry more accountable for ensuring the safety not just of the people who work i...
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Don’t valorize Jan. 6
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Mar 31, 2023
The philosopher Eric Hoffer famously wrote, “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” Wh...
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New York state crosses its fingers on Edward Kindt
Opinion, Сolumns
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Mar 31, 2023
A woman named Pamela Smart will remain in prison for the foreseeable future. New Hampshire’s highest court on Wednesday rejected the latest attempt to...
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Bona’s Crowley building a roster with a late start
Basketball, College Sports, Columns, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Mar 31, 2023
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — The last three weeks have been a blur to Jim Crowley. It was 21 days ago that the Providence women’s basketball coach parted w...
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Bad bets all around
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 30, 2023
This year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament has put the “mad” in March Madness, with all of the highest-ranked teams eliminated and a most unlikely F...
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Hunger is the villain, not Pa.’s hungry kids
Opinion, Сolumns
REP. EMILY KINKEAD 
Mar 29, 2023
HARRISBURG — Every good story needs a villain, and in the story of Pennsylvania’s 2023-24 budget, it seems like the Republicans who’ve controlled the ...
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