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Tough times

ItĢƵ getting harder and more expensive to use public records to hold government officials accountable. Authorities are undermining the laws that are supposed to guarantee citizens’ right to information, turning the right to know into just plain “no.”Journalists with The Associated Press ...

Estate planning and mineral rights

J<strong><em>oe Wilson is CEO of Infinity Resource Group, Inc., a professional mineral rights consulting firm in Parkersburg, W.Va., and a Registered Landman. David Pearl is managing director of a CNG patent holding company and president of a CNG fuel island ...

Troubling

In a 5-2 decision last week, the Commonwealth Court ruled that, under the stateĢƵ Right-to-Know Law, Pennsylvania government agencies may not release a personĢƵ home address without informing the individual that it has been requested and giving the individual a chance to challenge its ...

You are what you drink

I’m sure by now you understand that the quality of our food is more important than the quantity. In my view, we count nutrients (and toxins) before we count calories, and if you have managed to clean up your diet, bravo for you. You have taken one not-so-small step toward a better quality of ...

1.5 million at risk in PA for crude oil derailment

In Pennsylvania, nearly 1.5 million people are in potential danger if a train carrying crude oil derails and catches fire, according to a PublicSource analysis.That is about one in every nine Pennsylvanians, or 11.5 percent of the stateĢƵ population.The analysis also found 327 K-12 schools, ...

Stop it

ItĢƵ something so abhorrent that itĢƵ hard to believe itĢƵ legal. But unfortunately it is the law in Pennsylvania.A woman who is raped and decides to go ahead and raise the child can be challenged in court by her rapist for parental and/or visitation rights.Imagine the horror of that ...