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Nov 11, 2024
If there was one lesson from the presidential election, it might be about counting chickens. The old adage suggests not counting them before they are hatched. Farm wisdom will tell...
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Nov 7, 2024
Everyone knew Pennsylvania would be a key player in the 2024 presidential election. What was less certain was the state being a microcosm of the election as it played out across the...
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Sep 19, 2024
The state Legislature is open to money from almost everywhere. For years, people have pointed out the lack of real restrictions on gifts from lobbyists. Lawmakers tend to listen...
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Sep 17, 2024
The dating of ballots in Pennsylvania is a Groundhog Day kind of issue. No, we don’t mean that it pops its head up in February and then crawls back into its burrow to finish a long...
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Sep 11, 2024
On Sept. 11, 2001, everyone woke up the same splintered, tribal people they were the night before. Americans were Democrats and Republicans. They were liberals and conservatives....
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Sep 4, 2024
Westmoreland County Commissioners need to talk about a change to how elected officials are paid. They need to do it openly, publicly and on the record, rather than lobbing comments...
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Aug 26, 2024
The U.S. Secret Service has a remarkable record when it comes to protection. It was born in 1865 — not because of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln but because of wildfire...
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Aug 19, 2024
People are fascinated with finding things that have sunk in water. The wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic in the North Atlantic has been a draw since it sank in 1912, but especially since...
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Aug 16, 2024
The United States is a representative government rather than a direct democracy. Usually. There are times when we take the issues directly to the people rather than placing them in...
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Aug 12, 2024
The answers about what happened July 13 are coming, but they are coming slowly. Four weeks after the shooting at the Trump rally at the Butler Farm Show grounds, there has already...
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Aug 8, 2024
In 1999, the opioid addiction epidemic began. That was around the time when school districts and police departments began to have meetings with parents and residents about the...
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Aug 7, 2024
Gov. Josh Shapiro will not be the vice president of the United States. At least, he won’t be on the ticket this year. The Democratic nominee and current VP Kamala Harris unveiled...
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Jul 30, 2024
If you have a mailbox, you may have gotten a postcard advertisement from U.S. Steel. If you watch television, you may have seen a commercial about Nippon Steel. If you spend time...
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Jul 22, 2024
On Sunday afternoon, President Joe Biden posted to social media a letter that was both surprising and anticipated. He bowed out of the presidential election. It was surprising...
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Jul 18, 2024
The shooting Saturday at the Donald Trump campaign rally in Butler County will be a dark day in American history. But amid the finger-pointing about what went wrong with law...
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Jul 2, 2024
In 2022, crime was a problem on the South Side of Pittsburgh. People were concerned about safety. So were businesses. The Fudge Farm closed its South Side location in June 2022, with...
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Jun 25, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed paperwork to appear on the Pennsylvania ballot as a presidential candidate. The fourth Kennedy to run for president and the first to do so as an...
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Jun 13, 2024
As a society, we believe that making something false and passing it off as something real is wrong. You can’t fake money. You can’t make bootleg recordings of movies or music....
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Jun 11, 2024
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade did more than just upend reproductive health law. It also made back-burner issues take on more urgency. If limits on...
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May 29, 2024
The pandemic changed the way many people worked. Specifically, it changed where they could do that work. There was a reason. If people were working from home, they weren’t...
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May 21, 2024
Those who live in glass houses are often cautioned about the casual tossing of stones. On Friday, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Braddock, decided to pick up some rocks and juggle....
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Apr 15, 2024
U.S. Steel stockholders Friday voted for the merger with Japanese-based Nippon Steel Corp. It was not a close decision, with 71% of stockholders voting and 98% of those approving the...
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Apr 2, 2024
Pennsylvania has been defined by energy for years — from the first oil derrick in the U.S. to widespread coal production to the natural gas reservoirs of the Marcellus shale. But...
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Apr 1, 2024
There are few things that really unite Pennsylvania. It’s a state that is both Democrat and Republican. It is rural and urban, chipped ham and cheesesteaks. It is Pittsburgh and...
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Mar 28, 2024
Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge is a twisted mass of metal in the Patapsco River today after a cargo vessel plowed into a support column. Video shows the incident in the dark...
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Mar 21, 2024
If you want to know why it is important to support emergency services, look to Jeannette. At 12:02 a.m. Wednesday, the first call came in about a fire with entrapment on Guy Street....
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Mar 18, 2024
Accidental overdose fatalities are down in Westmoreland County. On Thursday, Coroner Tim Carson released the data for deaths in 2023. The news overall is good. The number of people...
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Mar 14, 2024
Is Westmoreland County a sanctuary for undocumented individuals? It seems unlikely to anyone who knows much about the county’s politics. Republicans make up just over 50% of the...
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Mar 12, 2024
Ask who wrote the Declaration of Independence, and most people will promptly respond with Thomas Jefferson. Ask about the Constitution, and Broadway enthusiasts and history buffs may...
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Mar 7, 2024
The Super Tuesday dust still is settling. On one day, 16 states and one territory had a caucus or primary — in Utah, both were held. People decided which candidates would receive...
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Feb 8, 2024
It has been said you have to spend money to make money. There also is the idea you can spend money to save it. For example, spending $50 on an oil change can prevent costly engine...
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Jan 29, 2024
Gov. Josh Shapiro has proposed an overhaul to the way postsecondary education works in Pennsylvania. The state is a leader when it comes to going to college. It sports an Ivy League...
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Jan 10, 2024
Real estate experts are hoping to see an uptick in the housing market in 2024. Not a boom, but more of a bump. The region’s home sales were down in 2023. According to Dennis A....
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Jan 2, 2024
Pennsylvania’s history is frequently bigger than the state. From the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall in Philadelphia to the sweeping battlefields of Gettysburg to the remains of...
Nov 11, 2024If there was one lesson from the presidential election, it might be about counting chickens. The old adage suggests not counting them before they are hatched. Farm wisdom will tell...
Aug 19, 2024People are fascinated with finding things that have sunk in water. The wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic in the North Atlantic has been a draw since it sank in 1912, but especially since...