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Keep moving full steam ahead

It was exhilarating last week to see such engagement from voters.The electorate came out in droves, not only across the state and country, but locally. Estimates show that the percentage of voters in each of Fayette, Greene, Westmoreland and Washington counties who made their voices heard ...

Legislative inaction a disgrace

Recently, the first of two local listening sessions with Bishop Edward C. Malesic, head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg was held.On Oct. 31, he will be at Holy Family Parish in West Newton from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.The sessions are an opportunity for area Catholics, some left hurt, ...

Trying to protect an open internet state by state, rather than by federal law, is a daunting and unwieldy goal.Unfortunately, itÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ also entirely necessary, given that the Trump administration and Congress are more than happy to let internet providers restrict what we — the American people ...

The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported last week that the grand jurors who investigated child sexual abuse in six Pennsylvania Roman Catholic dioceses want to see their full and unredacted report released to the public. The 20 grand jury members unanimously lodged ...

Another summer vacation is drawing to a close as students prepare for their first days back in the classroom looking ahead to a new academic year full of promise.It is always an exciting time — a time of reconnecting with friends, of fresh starts and new hopes.This year, students are ...

We should be accustomed by now, we guess, to elected officials eating on our dime without carefully accounting for their spending. After all, members of the state General Assembly are permitted to take per diems — daily allowances for food and lodging — of up to $183 without needing to ...