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OP-ED: The problem with subsidizing airlines

After struggling to reach the pre-pandemic passenger counts of 2019 in 2024, the Allegheny County Airport Authority agreed to a $600,000 subsidy for low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines to fly out of Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). Separately, the state announced a $2 million grant to the ...

Have you ever looked at the beach and wondered how many grains of sand there are? That can be mind-boggling to think about. Scientists estimate that, depending on the grain size and density, a single cubic yard of sand might have billions of grains. ThatĢƵ a lot of sand – and thatĢƵ ...

If you’re often uninspired by the candidates on your ballot, now may be the time to throw your own hat into the ring. Democracy is not a spectator sport. From the very founding of our nation, citizen involvement has been the backbone of the American government. Active participation sustains ...

Much of America was well aware of the danger of electing Donald Trump as president prior to his victories in 2016 and 2024. We expected the worst and he delivered, being even more outrageous and out of control than we could have envisioned, particularly throughout the first weeks of his ...

OP-ED: How can a band director run a hospital?

When I became CEO of a hospital in the same area where I had been a school band director, the question that I heard most often was “How can a band director run a hospital?” Sometimes that question was from genuine curiosity, other times it felt like a mixture of horror and disbelief. I ...