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    Project strength, not fear, at Capitol
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Project strength, not fear, at Capitol
    Mar 19, 2021
    The sanctity and security of the U.S. Capitol has not been breached since that woeful day in January. But whispers and threats circulate in dark corne...
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    Work to reform vote-by-mail
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Work to reform vote-by-mail
    Feb 24, 2021
    The future of mail-in voting continues to be debated in the Pennsylvania Legislature, where some Republicans already are proposing new restrictions or...
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    Stop killing Chesapeake Bay
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Stop killing Chesapeake Bay
    Feb 19, 2021
    State Sen. Gene Yaw of Williamsport is correct. The pandemic-induced economic downturn and resulting $5 billion state budget deficit make it highly un...
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    Lawmakers advocate for more vaccine in rural Pa.
    Local News
    Lawmakers advocate for more vaccine in rural Pa.
    Marcie 
    Feb 02, 2021
    HARRISURG — Reps. Tina Pickett, R-Towanda, Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint, and Clint Owlett, R-Liberty, are calling on the state Department of Health to...
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    Causer: Voters should have final say on gov’s disaster powers
    Local News
    Causer: Voters should have final say on gov’s disaster powers
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jan 28, 2021
    Pennsylvania voters will likely soon get the final say about whether to limit the governor’s powers during a disaster emergency after a majority of st...
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    Get stimulus priorities straight
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Get stimulus priorities straight
    Jan 20, 2021
    Lawmakers have had a key priority in the last nine months: to stimulate the American economy and provide relief to citizens facing the worst public he...
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    Don’t penalize landlords in Pa.
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Don’t penalize landlords in Pa.
    Jan 18, 2021
    The most recent COVID-19 relief package extended an 11th-hour national moratorium on evictions for certain tenants until Jan. 31. That announcement ar...
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    Redistricting needs transparency
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Redistricting needs transparency
    Jan 13, 2021
    The idea of having an independent citizens commission draw the congressional and legislative districts in Pennsylvania has died many deaths in the Rep...
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    Now they tell us — Trump was tough on Russia
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Now they tell us — Trump was tough on Russia
    BYRON YORK 
    Jan 07, 2021
    Democrats and their allies in the press spent the last four years accusing President Donald Trump of being soft on Russia. And worse: Some called the ...
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    A triumph of democracy
    Opinion, Сolumns
    A triumph of democracy
    Jan 05, 2021
    In a case study of unintended consequences, the blizzard of lawsuits by the Trump campaign and related interests against various aspects of the 2020 e...
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    No raise is the right move
    Opinion, Сolumns
    No raise is the right move
    Dec 15, 2020
    State lawmakers and other top state officials will not get a cost-of-living salary increase in 2021 because legislators took the unusual step of passi...
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    No plan? No holiday
    Opinion, Сolumns
    No plan? No holiday
    Dec 09, 2020
    The stakes could not be higher. Food insecurity is rising. Unemployment relief is waning. The strands of a virus-related safety net — holds on utility...
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    Protect businesses in Pa.
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Protect businesses in Pa.
    PAUL MUSCHICK The Morning Call 
    Dec 08, 2020
    ALLENTOWN (TNS) — As businesses and schools do all they can to stay open during the pandemic, many are peering nervously over their shoulder. They fea...
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    State election review nixed
    Editorials
    State election review nixed
    Marcie 
    Dec 04, 2020
    The 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania, the first in which any voter could request a mail-in ballot, had more than its share of controversies ...
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    Pa. families can’t take tax hikes
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Pa. families can’t take tax hikes
    NATHAN BENEFIELD, Special to The Era 
    Nov 18, 2020
    Pennsylvanians have made tough decisions amid the profound economic costs of the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions of Pennsylvanians lost their jobs tempora...
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    Pa. on brink of budget cliff
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Pa. on brink of budget cliff
    Oct 22, 2020
    Pennsylvania is staring at a fiscal cliff. It’s easy but perilous to ignore state budget minutiae amid a contentious presidential election. Right now ...
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    Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf vetoes high school sports attendance bill
    High School, Local Sports, Sports
    Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf vetoes high school sports attendance bill
    JAN MURPHY pennlive.com/ TNS 
    Sep 21, 2020
    HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf, as promised, vetoed a bipartisan-backed bill on Monday that would have given local officials’ authority this year to set c...
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    HS sports and fans in Pa.
    Opinion, Сolumns
    HS sports and fans in Pa.
    PAUL MUSCHICK The Morning Call 
    Sep 21, 2020
    ALLENTOWN (TNS) — The lights went on again Friday night in some high school football stadiums across Pennsylvania, the first games since the state Sup...
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    Republican lawmakers criticize election decision
    Bradford, Local News, News
    Republican lawmakers criticize election decision
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 18, 2020
    Thursday’s state Supreme Court ruling granting a 3-day extension to the deadline to count mail-in ballots was a victory for Democrats, but state Repub...
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    Pa. House members call on Gov. Tom Wolf to sign high school sports, spectator bill
    High School, Local Sports, Sports
    Pa. House members call on Gov. Tom Wolf to sign high school sports, spectator bill
    JAN MURPHY pennlive.com/ TNS 
    Sep 16, 2020
    HARRISBURG -- Monday is the deadline by which Gov. Tom Wolf must make a decision about whether to deny or grant local officials the exclusive authorit...
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    Wine chemistry can be judged from tiny batches
    PA State News
    Wine chemistry can be judged from tiny batches
    August 2, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Making wine is a complex endeavor — it depends on grape composition, microbes like yeast, and environmental conditions such as tempe...
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    ‘Do it right, do it safe’ outweighs ‘don’t do it’ at public meeting on TMI restart
    Business, Nation & World, PA State News
    ‘Do it right, do it safe’ outweighs ‘don’t do it’ at public meeting on TMI restart
    By CHARLES THOMPSON pennlive.com 
    August 2, 2025
    (TNS) — If there was any takeaway from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s first public meeting on the restart of the nuclear power station at Three M...
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    Mast crops shape wildlife patterns
    Lifestyles, Local News, Local Sports, ...
    Mast crops shape wildlife patterns
    By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
    August 2, 2025
    Mast crops are spotty this year, except for acorns. Soft mast, like apples and wild cherries, seems to be minimal to none in most areas. Soft mast blo...
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    ‘Round the Square: August excitement
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: August excitement
    August 2, 2025
    EXCITED: It's August — are you getting excited for the fabulous events in McKean County during this back-to-school month? It's Festa Italiana in Bradf...
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    Drilling pilot holes
    Lifestyles
    Drilling pilot holes
    August 2, 2025
    Dear Heloise: When hanging up pictures, it is best to drill a pilot hole into the plaster for the nail before hammering it in. If one does not drill a...
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    Move closer to family creates distance instead
    Lifestyles
    Move closer to family creates distance instead
    August 2, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: I made a terrible mistake moving 2,000 miles across the country to be closer to my grandchildren. In the past, I have always noticed my son...
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