legislation

Safe to pass probation reform
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 20, 2023
Safely reducing recidivism among people released from prison long has been one of the most difficult questions for the criminal justice system and, es...
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Michigan’s hate crime law is unconstitutional
Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
SARAH PARSHALL PERRY 
Jul 20, 2023
Last month, the Michigan House passed Bill 4474 — legislation that would expand the state’s existing Ethnic Intimidation Act beyond current protection...
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Eldred awarded state funds for water, sewer projects
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Jul 20, 2023
It really is like Christmas in July for the Eldred Borough and the borough’s water authority, both of which received news of millions of reasons to sm...
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Don’t reduce anti-violence grants
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 19, 2023
A long, cold state budget impasse marks the long, hot summer at the state Capitol. Lawmakers will beat the heat by taking off the rest of the summer —...
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Politicize US defense?! Never!
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Jul 19, 2023
There has been a highly political battle on Capitol Hill — actually, that’s the only kind of battle they have on Capitol Hill — over U.S. defense poli...
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Mr. Success finally confronts failure
Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
BRANDON McGINLEY 
Jul 17, 2023
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — It isn’t hard to imagine Gov. Josh Shapiro as one of those children who preferred “The McLaughlin Group” to “Sesame Street;” who to...
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Ignoring the Bill of Rights
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 17, 2023
A federal judge last week held that the federal government tried to skirt the First Amendment when it pressured social media companies to suppress “mi...
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Court shows failings in records law
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 17, 2023
A state appellate court struck a strong blow for government transparency last week and, in the process, illustrated why the state’s Right-to-Know Law ...
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Pass bill to ban book bans
Jul 16, 2023
Book-banning has endured since Gutenberg's invention of movable type in 1450 enabled mass production of printed material. Multiple European monarchs b...
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(Capitalist) pigs…in…spaaaaaaaace!
Opinion, Сolumns
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Jul 16, 2023
If there’s one thing that defines the Biden Administration and the modern Democratic Party (and the modern Republican Party too, but who’s counting?),...
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Thompson votes in favor of defense bill
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Marcie 
Jul 15, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. ...
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End per diems for lawmakers
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 14, 2023
Taxpayers, who employ Pennsylvania legislators, should reimburse those employees for the expenses that they incur while conducting the public business...
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The man who governs Gov. Shapiro
Opinion, Сolumns
MATTHEW J. BROUILLETTE 
Jul 14, 2023
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro talks a big game. He claims to be “competitive as hell,” and he campaigned for governor boasting that he “takes on big ...
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