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    Gun laws should reduce crime, not just infringe on constitutional rights
    Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
    Gun laws should reduce crime, not just infringe on constitutional rights
    SEN. CRIS DUSH The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    Jul 04, 2023
    In the wake of recent inner-city crime waves, including Philadelphia’s record-setting homicide rates the last few years, Pennsylvanians were treated t...
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    Toomey’s post-Senate jobs are renewing calls to close Washington’s revolving door
    Daily Headlines, News, PA State News
    Toomey’s post-Senate jobs are renewing calls to close Washington’s revolving door
    BENJAMIN KAIL Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Jul 04, 2023
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — A few weeks before he left the U.S. Senate in January, Pat Toomey helped block the Enablers Act, a bipartisan proposal designed to ...
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    National labor union data contradicts teacher exodus claims
    News, PA State News
    National labor union data contradicts teacher exodus claims
    ELYSE APEL The Center Square 
    Jul 02, 2023
    HARRISBURG — Teacher compensation across Pennsylvania grew over the past decade, despite claims from officials that low salaries and high stress scare...
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    Affirmative action critics get win, but diversity matters
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Affirmative action critics get win, but diversity matters
    HARVEY YOUNG Chicago Tribune 
    Jul 02, 2023
    BOSTON (TNS) — The campaign against affirmative action has reduced the complicated process of college admissions to a simple and highly inaccurate sou...
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    Bill ensures maximum vote on referendums
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Bill ensures maximum vote on referendums
    Jul 02, 2023
    Legislative gerrymandering, devising electoral districts to ensure certain outcomes, is the most reliable way to help produce and preserve minority ru...
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    United Way accepting Quarterly Impact applications
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    United Way accepting Quarterly Impact applications
    Daniella Langianese 
    Jul 01, 2023
    The United Way of the Bradford Area is currently accepting applications for the third quarter of Quarterly Impact funding for 2023. Eligible non-profi...
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    Pa. to begin new fiscal year without budget plan in place
    Daily Headlines, News, PA State News
    Pa. to begin new fiscal year without budget plan in place
    MARC LEVY Associated Press 
    Jun 30, 2023
    HARRISBURG — Republicans who control Pennsylvania’s Senate passed spending legislation hours ahead of Saturday’s start of a new fiscal year, but they ...
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    Justice Jackson’s abysmal affirmative action dissent
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Justice Jackson’s abysmal affirmative action dissent
    RICH LOWRY 
    Jun 30, 2023
    Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent in the Supreme Court’s affirmative action case achieved instant legendary status in certain quarters. Vice Pre...
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    Court ruling restores inequality
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Court ruling restores inequality
    Jun 30, 2023
    High school juniors often are surprised to receive solicitations from far-away universities. There is no Supreme Court proscription against universiti...
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    Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions; Biden ‘strongly’ disagrees
    Nation, News
    Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions; Biden ‘strongly’ disagrees
    MARK SHERMAN Associated Press 
    Jun 29, 2023
    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institu...
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    Seeking solutions for teacher shortage
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Seeking solutions for teacher shortage
    Jun 29, 2023
    Money is not the only answer. With government, it often seems that way. No matter what the problem may be, there are any number of solutions that can ...
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    Su nomination should be pulled
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Su nomination should be pulled
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    Jun 28, 2023
    Four months after President Joe Biden nominated former California Labor Secretary Julie Su to serve as U.S. Labor Secretary, Su’s nomination remains s...
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    Permitting reform in Pa. is critical
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Permitting reform in Pa. is critical
    Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
    Jun 28, 2023
    Permits. Licenses. Certificates. Catalogs. Deadlines. Pretty dull stuff. But the unsexy work of streamlining bureaucratic approvals, especially of con...
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    Casey-led legislation to protect pregnant workers takes effect
    News, PA State News
    Casey-led legislation to protect pregnant workers takes effect
    Daniella Langianese 
    Jun 28, 2023
    WASHINGTON — Tuesday, U.S. Senator Bob Casey’s, D-Pa., legislation, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which was passed in December 2022 is going into eff...
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    Pa., other states clamp down on freight trains, fearing derailments
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    Pa., other states clamp down on freight trains, fearing derailments
    MARC LEVY and JOSH FUNK Associated Press 
    Jun 27, 2023
    HARRISBURG (AP) — Spurred on by train derailments, some states with busy criss-crossing freight railroads are pursuing their own safety remedies rathe...
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    Vouchers won’t fix unfair funding
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Vouchers won’t fix unfair funding
    Jun 27, 2023
    There was nothing ambiguous about Commonwealth Court Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer’s ruling in January that the state government’s distribution of its pu...
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    House Republicans: Put students first when funding higher education
    Local News, News
    House Republicans: Put students first when funding higher education
    Jun 27, 2023
    HARRISBURG — Several Pennsylvania House Republican lawmakers gathered on Monday to discuss the need to have a conversation on student-first, family-fo...
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    One year later, the Supreme Court’s abortion decision is both scorned and praised
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    One year later, the Supreme Court’s abortion decision is both scorned and praised
    GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press 
    Jun 26, 2023
    Activists and politicians are marking the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned a nationwide right to abortion with pr...
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    Fetterman, Casey react to anniversary of overturning of Roe v Wade
    Local News, Nation, News, ...
    Fetterman, Casey react to anniversary of overturning of Roe v Wade
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Jun 26, 2023
    WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania’s Democratic U.S. senators both spoke out over the weekend with reactions to the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Co...
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    Partisan fighting in Harrisburg as budget talks near deadline
    News, PA State News
    Partisan fighting in Harrisburg as budget talks near deadline
    FORD TURNER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Jun 25, 2023
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — A new political dynamic appeared possible in the Capitol a few months ago. Better communication and renewed cooperation were being ...
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    ‘Round the Square: Is that weird?
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: Is that weird?
    August 22, 2025
    ODD NAMES: Pennsylvania has some unique town names. They might now be weird to us, but folks in other places sure think we're strange. A list on Wande...
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    Try this fix for a tricky mousepad
    Lifestyles
    Try this fix for a tricky mousepad
    August 22, 2025
    Dear Heloise: I have read your column in the Dayton Daily News for years and have put many of the tips to use in my home. I'm a senior citizen, and I'...
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    Fall sports underway
    Local News, Local Sports, Soccer
    Fall sports underway
    August 22, 2025
    Bradford Area High School head soccer coach Peter Butler observes his players practicing this week. The Owls don't return to classes until Wednesday, ...
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    Partner’s unhealthy lifestyle needs an adjustment
    Lifestyles
    Partner’s unhealthy lifestyle needs an adjustment
    August 22, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: I'm in a long-term relationship with an incredible guy I'll call "Jerry." We both have grown children, his parents and family are amazing, ...
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    Steelers beat Panthers 19-10 in preseason finale, but lose 1st-round pick Harmon to sprained knee
    Football, Local Sports, National Sports, ...
    Steelers beat Panthers 19-10 in preseason finale, but lose 1st-round pick Harmon to sprained knee
    By STEVE REED - AP Sports Writer 
    August 21, 2025
    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Skylar Thompson completed 11 of 13 passes for 152 yards including a 24-yard touchdown strike to Lance McCutcheon, rookie Ben Sa...
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    HS Roundup: Bradford Tennis shuts out J’burg; ECC, Owls Golf record wins
    Local Sports
    HS Roundup: Bradford Tennis shuts out J’burg; ECC, Owls Golf record wins
    Jo Wankel 
    August 21, 2025
    Girls Tennis Bradford 5, Johnsonburg 0 JOHNSONBURG - The Bradford Lady Owls Tennis team picked up their first win of the season, defeating Johnsonburg...
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