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Pa. may be next right-to-work battleground state
January 30, 2013 There was Wisconsin. Then there was Michigan. Could Pennsylvania be the next right-to-work battleground state? Speaking to 84th District constituents at a town hall meeting last week, state Rep. more »»
Rush for hockey in Williamsport gets predictable result
January 29, 2013 So the hockey team in the city folded up at the end of the season, leaving Airmen Pond at Bowman Field empty and $36,000-plus in unpaid utility bill. more »»
How deep did cover-up really go in Benghazi?
January 25, 2013 During the weeks before the November presidential election, questions about the Sept. 11 attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans came primarily from Republican. more »»
Pension reform looks to be on top of Corbett’s list
January 25, 2013 Gov. Corbett hasn't let up on his top priority for this year. more »»
Obama avoids key issues in speech
January 24, 2013 Except for a passing reference, President Barack Obama ignored the largest challenge facing future generations: our out-of-control spending and debt. more »»
Carbon tax would hurt Americans
January 23, 2013 Now that President Barack Obama has won election to his second term, he is free to pursue some of the radical goals he considered, but backed away from due to public outcry during his first four... more »»
Obama must act within the limits of Constitution
January 22, 2013 No one aware of President Barack Obama’s rhetoric and his background should doubt that if he thought he could get away with it, he would use executive orders to limit or ban private ownership of... more »»
Let profits guide lottery decision
January 21, 2013 The key factor in deciding who will manage the Pennsylvania lottery should be who can generate the biggest profits to support programs for the elderly in the coming years. more »»
Tax-and-spend plan should scare us
January 18, 2013 Two years ago President Barack Obama warned that unless he got his way from Congress with an unqualified increase in the national debt ceiling, terrible things would happe. more »»
Curing violence in America not simple or easy
January 18, 2013 This week President Obama took careful aim at the nation's gun owners with a not unexpected $500 million, emotionally charged and misdirected plan he claims would reduce gun violence in Americ. more »»
Turnpike mess in need of cleanup
January 17, 2013 So here's the fiscal situation regarding the Pennsylvania turnpike. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has approved a 10-percent increase in tolls for cash-paying customers. more »»
Justices are not above the law
January 16, 2013 Judges, including Supreme Court justices, should not be above the law they are sworn to uphold. more »»
When love does not work
January 15, 2013 What do you do when love doesn't work? We're talking about saving your child, a family member or friend from drug or alcohol abus. more »»
Congress wins no friends so far
January 11, 2013 Officially, Congress might have avoided the fiscal cliff with a New Year's deal, but it left the nation mired in a political and economic morass. more »»
PSU fine should help state’s child abuse programs
January 10, 2013 Gov. Tom Corbett has filed a lawsuit challenging the legitimacy of the NCAA's sanctions against the Penn State University football program in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scanda. more »»
Happy New Year! Higher taxes, more spending!
January 9, 2013 Seeming a bit surprised at the extent of their victory, a few liberal members of Congress were candid enough to admit the American people were shortchanged on New Year’s Da. more »»
War on coal will go on in the EPA
January 8, 2013 It would be nice to expect that Environmental Protection Agency head Lisa Jackson’s resignation means relief for coal country. It does not, sadly. President Barack Obama’s war on coal will continue. more »»
Railroads get the attention they need
January 7, 2013 The value of rails tends to get lost in the shuffle of transportation priorities locally. But that appears to be changing. more »»
Corbett lawsuit against NCAA is political, justified
January 5, 2013 Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is taking a political football and running with it. more »»
World War I vets deserve memorial in Washington, D.C.
January 4, 2013 The last doughboy, Frank Buckles, spent his final years enjoying his West Virginia farm and battling valiantly to do something important for the comrades who passed on before him. more »» |
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