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LETTER: Schools need a budget passed

As school districts reach the end of the first quarter of the school year, many are forced to borrow money to meet their districtĢƵ expenditures. ItĢƵ unfortunate that districts now have another expenditure to meet that comes with interest they must pay on these loans. There is no end in ...

Compromise necessary for progress

No matter when and/or how PennsylvaniaĢƵ budget impasse ends, members of the General Assembly need to exercise an examination of conscience into why they allowed the current fiscal embarrassment to persist for so long — now having passed the three-month mark for a basic budget-preparation ...

Cheers & Jeers

Jeers: Nearly 2 million Pennsylvanians who depend on food assistance are beginning to feel the effects of the ongoing federal government shutdown. The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services announced last week that benefits from the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program will not be ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Jayden Mickens of Connellsville saved his best performance of the football season for the Falcons' rivalry game against Uniontown for the “Old Coal Bucket” trophy that is given annually to the winner of the local showdown. Mickens rushed for 200 yards with touchdown runs of 1, 45 ...

OP-ED: Munching moths making meals of my Merino

For 12 years, during the week, I worked out of an apartment in Pittsburgh. When COVID hit, I moved back home full time. The problem is I did not move back alone. Somewhere between the packing and the movers, a few stowaways hitched a ride. When I opened my closet this summer, two tiny, beige, ...