politics

Hamas not interested in diplomacy
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 09, 2024
Benjamin Netanyahu might have been too kind this week when he called Hamas’ response to a cease-fire proposal brokered by Qatar “delusional.” “There i...
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Service over self in rural Pa.
Opinion, Сolumns
REP. CLINT OWLETT and REP. TINA PICKETT 
Feb 09, 2024
You are rudely awakened by the alarm clock and immediately have the feeling it’s going to be one of those days. Relationships are stressed, things bre...
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Biden, the Senate and the border fiasco
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Feb 08, 2024
Joe Biden is supposed to know something about legislating. After all, he spent 36 years in the U.S. Senate. He must have learned something in those de...
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What’s the border alternative?
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 08, 2024
The Senate immigration compromise crumbled away just days after its birth. Many conservatives said it doesn’t go far enough to stem border chaos, whil...
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Town hall in Cyclone, Saturday
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MANDY COLOSIMO m.colosimo@bradfordera.com 
Feb 08, 2024
CYCLONE — A town hall meeting to address the appeals process regarding approval of a permit for an oil and gas wastewater injection well off Pithole R...
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Prince crushes ‘Wheel of Fortune’ appearance
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Feb 08, 2024
Anyone who missed Tuesday night’s edition of “Wheel of Fortune” might be wondering how Smethport native and Allegany-Limestone (N.Y.) teacher Jill Swa...
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Pa. Supreme Court takes aim at politics of cruelty
Opinion, Сolumns
FRANCIS WILKINSON Bloomberg Opinion/TNS 
Feb 07, 2024
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court delivered a victory to abortion-rights advocates in directing a lower court to consider a challenge to the state’s 1982...
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Refugees cost $20B in two years
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 07, 2024
The federal Office of Refugee Resettlement spent $20 billion over the last two years on “refugee and entrant assistance” for those entering the countr...
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Make higher ed more affordable
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 07, 2024
Just how unaffordable is higher education in Pennsylvania? Let Dan Greenstein, the chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, ex...
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