politics

Area legislators react to Shapiro’s budget address
Local News, Online Features, PA State News
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Feb 07, 2024
HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget may contain some laudable goals for rural Pennsylvania, but area legislators were put off by what they saw as ...
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Get this done: Pre-K for Pa.
Opinion, Сolumns
ED RENDELL and Mark SchweikeR 
Feb 06, 2024
Few issues in Pennsylvania have united Republicans and Democrats over the years like the prospect of ensuring that our youngest learners are ready to ...
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Will Biden’s ‘Goldilocks’ airstrikes work?
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
Feb 06, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The recent U.S. airstrikes against Iran-backed militias were the largest President Jordan Biden has ordered since he took office, a...
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McKean Co. feels minor impact from AOPC cyber attack
Content, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Feb 06, 2024
The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts website was hit by a cyberattack over the weekend, taking public systems offline, but not compromisin...
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Smethport native on ‘Wheel of Fortune’ tonight
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Savannah Barr savannah.m.barr@gmail.com 
Feb 06, 2024
Jill Swanson Prince would like to buy a vowel. The Smethport native’s appearance on “Wheel of Fortune” for NFL Superfan Week airs at 7 p.m. today. Pri...
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Bipartisan progress in Washington
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 05, 2024
Centrists interested in what’s good for the nation — rather than their respective political parties — have long supported the idea of bipartisanship a...
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Kids shouldn’t be on social media at all
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Feb 05, 2024
Mark Zuckerberg is very sorry. His apology at a Senate hearing to the families of victims of online child sex abuse was dramatic, and the human thing ...
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Bookworm
Lifestyles
?Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making? Letters of Love and Lust from the White House? by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler c.2024, Simon & Schuster $28.99 293 pages 
Feb 05, 2024
Four bills, a political flier, a request for a charity and a magazine. That’s what came in the mail yesterday, which is about average. If you get a le...
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