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    Trump’s budget erases DOGE savings
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Trump’s budget erases DOGE savings
    May 15, 2025
    The Department of Government Efficiency says it has cut $165 billion of wasteful spending from the federal government, based on its self-reported numb...
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    NPR’s trickle-up economics
    Opinion, Сolumns
    NPR’s trickle-up economics
    May 14, 2025
    National Public Radio frequently claims that less than 1% of its funding comes from the federal government, an argument used to criticize President Do...
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    Latest attacks on free markets
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Latest attacks on free markets
    May 14, 2025
    It is somewhat bewildering to watch the Republican Party morph into an economically left-wing party without anyone really caring. But that’s what is c...
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    The Pa. House is set to approve new voter ID rules, reversing years of Democratic opposition
    Local News, PA State News
    The Pa. House is set to approve new voter ID rules, reversing years of Democratic opposition
    GILLIAN McGOLDRICK The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    May 13, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — After years of opposing such a measure, Pennsylvania Democrats are poised on Tuesday to allow a vote in the state House on a bill t...
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    Democrats plant their flag on issue of criminal illegal migrants
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Democrats plant their flag on issue of criminal illegal migrants
    JOE BATTENFELD Boston Herald 
    May 13, 2025
    BOSTON (TNS) — It’s official: Democrats have decided to become the party of protecting illegal criminal migrants and gang members — and that is their ...
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    Pa. Dems worried about Supreme Court retention votes
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Pa. Dems worried about Supreme Court retention votes
    GILLIAN McGOLDRICK The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    May 13, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) —Pennsylvania'sbiggest race this election year won't be on the primary ballot. The candidates won't have political parties listed. An...
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    Legislators introduce bill to invest in American military depots
    Nation & World, News
    Legislators introduce bill to invest in American military depots
    May 13, 2025
    WASHINGTON — Last week, U.S. Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., introduced the Depot Investment Reform Act to help military depots a...
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    Dush calls for DOC to reevaluate prison closing decisionsg
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Dush calls for DOC to reevaluate prison closing decisionsg
    May 09, 2025
    HARRISBURG – Sen. Cris Dush, R-Brookville, issued a statement regarding the response for information letter he received from the state Department of C...
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    Much work remains on trade
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Much work remains on trade
    May 09, 2025
    The Trump administration took a step Thursday toward quelling economic uncertainty by unveiling a trade deal with theUnited Kingdom. TheWhite Housepro...
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    ‘Time to regrow the organization,’ hardline Trump backer from Pa. takes reins at the NRA
    Nation & World, News, PA State News
    ‘Time to regrow the organization,’ hardline Trump backer from Pa. takes reins at the NRA
    ZACK HOOPES pennlive.com 
    May 08, 2025
    (TNS)—One of Donald Trump’s biggest and most controversial Pennsylvania-based supporters, has assumed the top job at the National Rifle Association, a...
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    Deeply divided state House approves recreational marijuana
    Local News, News, PA State News
    Deeply divided state House approves recreational marijuana
    FORD TURNER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    May 08, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — The state House late Wednesday afternoon gave final approval to a bill to legalize recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania following...
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    Recession fears may be making GOP lawmakers uneasy
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Recession fears may be making GOP lawmakers uneasy
    CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
    May 08, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — The impact of political landslides and the resulting mandates wear off, even when they are substantial. It will certainly happen wh...
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    Plenty of reasons to reform Medicaid
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Plenty of reasons to reform Medicaid
    May 07, 2025
    Debates over entitlement programs bring out the worst in elected officials, who are typically more concerned with political survival than addressing d...
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    (None dare call it) treason of the judiciary
    Opinion, Сolumns
    (None dare call it) treason of the judiciary
    FRANK MIELE RealClearPolitics 
    May 07, 2025
    Thursday, April 24, was a day like any other day — the sun came up, the sun went down, and Donald Trump was hit with at least three nationwide injunct...
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    ‘Education establishment’ always resorts to fearmongering
    Opinion, Сolumns
    ‘Education establishment’ always resorts to fearmongering
    COLLEEN HRONCICH and TOM SMITH RealClearPennsylvania 
    May 07, 2025
    If the U.S. Department of Education suddenly went away, what would change for local families and communities? Not much. For starters, the Department o...
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    Other Voices: Oath of honor
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Other Voices: Oath of honor
    May 06, 2025
    Our elected state and federal officials take an oath of office, many with their hand on a Bible. Common in these oaths is a venerated commitment to pr...
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    Wheels greased for Pennsylvania’s adult use cannabis bill
    News, PA State News
    Wheels greased for Pennsylvania’s adult use cannabis bill
    CHRISTEN SMITH The Center Square 
    May 05, 2025
    HARRISBURG — A 173-page bill that regulates adult-use cannabis in the commonwealth went from introduction to committee approval in less than 24 hours....
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    Spending actually up under Trump. Here’s why
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Spending actually up under Trump. Here’s why
    May 02, 2025
    President Donald Trump is spending taxpayer money 10% faster than Joe Biden was at this time last year, according to daily financial statements releas...
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    Print, digital access essential for public notice
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Print, digital access essential for public notice
    WILLIAM M. COTTER 
    May 02, 2025
    A developer wants to rezone a public park to allow high-density housing. The local school board weighs a plan to close an elementary school. City coun...
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    Impeachment, really? Hack Democrat goes to the well again
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Impeachment, really? Hack Democrat goes to the well again
    NOLAN FINLEY The Detroit News 
    May 01, 2025
    DETROIT (TNS) — Americans knew exactly what they would get when they electedDonald Trumppresident last November. And now, to quote Mencken, they're ge...
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    Older Posts
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    Bradford YMCA reaches 80% of annual campaign goal
    Local News
    Bradford YMCA reaches 80% of annual campaign goal
    July 2, 2025
    The Bradford YMCA announced it has reached 80% of its 2025 Annual Campaign goal of $112,000, thanks to the generosity and commitment of local donors w...
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    Steelers linebacker goes fishing to get back to ‘old self’
    Outdoors, Sports
    Steelers linebacker goes fishing to get back to ‘old self’
    By BRIAN BATKO Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    July 2, 2025
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Patrick Queen spends much of his offseason with a line out, sitting in a boat on a lake full of bass. His passion gives him plenty ...
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    Impostors
    Local News
    Impostors
    July 2, 2025
    Tawny, or orange, daylilies are a hallmark of summer, but aren't truly lilies. Often mistaken for lilies due to their similar shape, daylilies belong ...
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    Home Food Preservation workshops slated for Potter County
    Local News
    Home Food Preservation workshops slated for Potter County
    July 2, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Extension will offer in-person food preservation workshops in Potter County this July. Instructors will present research-...
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    Penn Highlands fellow, residents graduate
    Business, Local News
    Penn Highlands fellow, residents graduate
    July 2, 2025
    DuBOIS — Penn Highlands Healthcare announced the graduation of its Graduate Medical Education Residents in family medicine and Psychiatry and Fellow i...
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    Carpenter’s 160-year prison sentence upheld by appeals court
    Crime, Local News
    Carpenter’s 160-year prison sentence upheld by appeals court
    By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@bradfordera.com 
    July 2, 2025
    Convicted child rapist Darvin Carpenter's 160-year prison sentence has been upheld by the state Superior Court, but conditions for his theoretical rel...
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