economics

Can Biden buy votes with student debt relief?
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Apr 20, 2022
The 2020 Democratic presidential primary race was a bidding war in which the various candidates advocated spending trillions of dollars to enact sweep...
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The burden of medical debt
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 19, 2022
One of the most dysfunctional aspects of America’s dysfunctional health care system is medical debt. Even insured patients today can find themselves s...
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Tenor sensation T.3 to perform May 2
News, Online Features
Marcie 
Apr 19, 2022
Bradford Creative and Performing Arts Center presents the America’s Got Talent Tenor Sensation, T.3, as part of the Spring Series at 7:30 p.m. May 2. ...
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Otto Twp. ends equipment sharing
News
JIM MILLER jmakalefty@yahoo.com 
Apr 19, 2022
DUKE CENTER — At Wednesday’s monthly meeting, Chairman Eric Barton announced that he is ending the long-standing agreement that Otto Township had with...
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20% tax on the ultra-wealthy
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 18, 2022
The ultra-wealthy in America have all sorts of tricks at their disposal to avoid paying their fair share of taxes, which is why it’s not uncommon for ...
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High gas prices: The pain is the point
Opinion, Сolumns
KEVIN ROBERTS 
Apr 18, 2022
By early April, the average price for a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. had reached $4.23, up more than 78% in the 14 months since President Joe Biden ...
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The cost of China’s harsh COVID policies
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Apr 18, 2022
The stories from Shanghai, a city of 25 million entering its fourth week of COVID-19 lockdown, have been harrowing. Millions have been confined to the...
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Legislators lose lease on patience
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 16, 2022
Nearly 20 years ago, when state Sen.Ed Helfrickwas asked why he thought it was appropriate to spend more than $600 of public money every month for his...
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Lessons for Pa. on drug laws
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 16, 2022
Fourteen Pennsylvania counties are currently part of the Law Enforcement Treatment Initiative (LETI), a program launched by Attorney General Josh Shap...
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Every day is Tax Day
Opinion, Сolumns
PRESTON BRASHERS 
Apr 15, 2022
The deadline for filing federal income taxes is later than usual this year. Tax Day has been pushed back to April 18 to avoid coinciding with the Dist...
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Avian flu precautions in Pa.
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 15, 2022
There is a pretty good chance that a chicken or egg eaten somewhere in the U.S. came from Pennsylvania. The Keystone State is the fourth largest produ...
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RTS – Golden Ticket
News, Round the Square
Apr 14, 2022
GOLDEN TICKET: Gold foil, ornate labels and an interesting flavor combos are product characteristics highly desired by premium-chocolate consumers, ac...
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The Democrats’ Bidenflation disaster
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Apr 13, 2022
The government says inflation rose 8.5% in March compared to last year — the the worst it has been in 40 years, since the bad old days of 1981. While ...
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Turnpike needs more transparency
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 13, 2022
It has been about eight months since an internal Pennsylvania Turnpike report disclosed that more than $104 million in tolls went uncollected in 2020 ...
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Avian flu precautions in Pa.
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 13, 2022
There is a pretty good chance that a chicken or egg eaten somewhere in the U.S. came from Pennsylvania. The Keystone State is the fourth largest produ...
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