There is a move in the state Legislature to give prosecutors more time to prosecute those responsible for drug deals that result in death. Current state law includes a two-year statute of limitations, a number prosecutors say isn’t long enough to bring prosecutions against those who sell ...
Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and 50 other House Republicans just signed a letter asking President Donald Trump to allow the ongoing waiver of the Jones Act, a protectionist shipping law, to expire as scheduled on Aug. 16. They are effectively calling for higher energy prices. The Jones Act, passed in 1920, requires that ships transporting goods between U.S. ports be U.S.-built, U.S.-flagged, U.S.-owned and U.S.-crewed. Given that the modern maritime industry is highly globalized, few ships meet those conditions, and the ones that do are very expensive. The law ...
Essayists and a variety of writers are puzzling over the incredibly rapid rise in antisemitism, frequently, but not always, cloaked as anti-Israelism. “What is going on,” they wonder almost out loud? Bill Maher seems to be the only cultural icon speaking out against the plague of bigotry which is endemic to both the leftwing of the Democratic party and the rightwing of the Republican. The plague does not begin and end with non-Jews either. Even one with a strong constitution should be sick to the stomach to see a podium with Bernie Sanders and a few of his Jewish lap dogs ...
A man from the Jersey Shore area recently was honored for, as U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Howard, put it, his part in the “legacy of those who saved the world and a representation of the best and the brightest that our nation offers.” As reported in Tuesday’s edition of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Thompson recently presented the family of the late Browning with nine medals — among them a bronze star — he earned during his service during the Second World War. “As we celebrate America’s 250, what a privilege to honor a member from the greatest generation that ...
Democratic lawmakers — specifically, Gov. Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania House Democrats — are feeling the heat after waging a losing battle on an issue that is near and dear to so many Pennsylvanians: educational choice. Their recent legislative attack, which would have taken away thousands of scholarships from Pennsylvania students, reveals how out of touch these lawmakers are on the issue. The numbers alone speak for themselves: Pennsylvanians want more educational options. New polling by the Commonwealth Foundation shows that a supermajority of Pennsylvanians oppose cuts to the ...
For the fifth year in a row, Pennsylvania’s leadership has missed the state Constitution’s deadline for passage of an annual budget. Many at the moment are singling out the state Senate for this dereliction — and we will agree state senators should still be in Harrisburg, working on resolving outstanding issues and ready to vote. But the Senate was in session for much of the past year — and during that time, Gov. Josh Shapiro and the Democratic majority in the state House simply were unrealistic about how much money the state can spend. The initial proposal by Shapiro, as ...
