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Child labor laws shouldn’t be loosened

As a society, we’ve largely agreed that before adolescents reach legal adulthood they should mostly be devoting themselves to education and training and learning to be responsible citizens.Sure, thereÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ nothing wrong with having a part-time or weekend job to earn some spending money, learn ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> Fayette County is full of people who are always willing to give of themselves to help others. On the Saturday before Easter, siblings Ellie and Enzo Carei, 13 and 11 respectively, prepared take-and-eat dinners for those in need. Their helping ...

Tightening rules on elections has been a hot topic in recent years.ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ an idea that has gotten top-down attention. Donald Trump brought heat to it with questions about the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. It has been picked up by leaders in state governments, including state Sen. Doug ...

A couple of years ago, state Sen. Camera Bartolotta was championing a measure that would do away with noncompete agreements for individuals who work in radio or television in Pennsylvania. The Carroll Township Republican believed that career opportunities and wage growth are stifled when on-air ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> The world had endured a tumultuous year by the time Christmas Eve rolled around in 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy had been assassinated. France had been shut down due to an uprising in May. The Vietnam War raged on. The ...