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Names of police officers shouldn’t be kept secret

Police officers have a tough, dangerous job. Each day they go to work never assured, like most of us, that they will likely will return home safely at the end of their workday. Think about it. Would you want such a job? And let's face it. The pay, particularly for law enforcement officers in ...

Adam Simon Applause

The Education Council of the Fayette Chamber of Commerce recently honored Adam Simon of McClellandtown, a junior at Albert Gallatin High School, as a student of the month for March.A son of Michael and Teresa Simon, he is undecided about the post-secondary school he will attend, but plans to ...

Health insurance costs criticized

I was watching big mouth Bill O’Reilly talk about the high cost of health insurance. Mr. O’Reilly didn’t mention the reason the high cost of health insurance is because of greedy doctors, hospitals and drug companies.The question to ask: Why does it cost over $1,000 a day to stay in a ...

Shorten work week

Generations have passed since the 40-hour work week was standardized, during which time technology has immeasurably reduced the amount of labor needed for business to produce an equal amount of goods, but the reduction that employees get is not in the amount of labor needed but in the amount of ...

Sharp disparity in local property taxes

Gov. Tom Wolf has made fairness the centerpiece of his proposal to mandate a $25 fee per resident for municipalities which rely solely on state police for protection.Wolf said itÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ simply not fair for some municipalities who have to pay for their own police department plus the state police, ...