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Greene County Opinion

“It’s my life”

How many times have you heard someone say, “ItĢƵ my life, I’ll do what I want, my choices are mine to make”?How many times have you had those same thoughts?The gist of this is that people want left alone to make choices and do not want anyone to say something different than the agenda ...

Online gambling leaving lottery profits at risk

To varying degrees, lotteries impact the budgets of AmericaĢƵ states.Even if lottery profits are directed primarily toward funding specific programs, like in Pennsylvania, where senior citizen programs benefit, those profits enable states to avoid tapping general fund budgets for that amount ...

Pennsylvania’s Pension-Political Monopoly

Pensions, money and taxes.Do these subjects interest you? If so, keep reading. All information presented is fact-based and gathered from reputable sources beginning in January 2019.According to Valerie Brooks, the business manager for Central Greene School District, in 2011-2012 teacher ...

I’m a drug war success

If you add all the Americans who take Xanax to all the Americans who drink beer, and all the Americans who use cocaine, and all the Americans who smoke meth, and all the Americans who use heroin, and all the Americans who use prescription pain killers, itĢƵ a wonder anything ever gets done ...

Pennsylvania should sign on to cap-and-trade plan with nearby states

Perhaps the most important news story of the last week had nothing to do with the shenanigans in Washington, D.C., the birth of Harry and MeghanĢƵ baby or the continuing fallout from last weekendĢƵ controversial Kentucky Derby.Instead, consider the facts contained within a report released ...

Local teachers excel through dedication and perseverance

The teaching profession has had some significant changes over the last few decades.No longer are the days when teaching is the primary focus. These days, every day an educator steps into a classroom, he or she becomes something more. A teacher. A mandated reporter inside and outside of school. ...