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False promises

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Many Americans supported Donald Trump because they believed his promise to avoid foreign entanglements and improve everyday life at home. Instead, many families are facing rising costs, growing economic uncertainty, and fears that aggressive tariffs could push inflation even higher. Global instability—including threats to critical oil routes like the Strait of Hormuz—only adds to those pressures. Even more troubling is the growing possibility that young Americans could once again be drawn into war—despite Trump’s repeated promises to keep the United States out of foreign ...

Misguided and unnecessary

Letters

Regarding the article on Page A3 of the Sun-Gazette on Tuesday, May 12th. Rep. Clint Owlett is introducing a bill to eliminate the NPDES (National Pollution Discharge Elimination System)regulations for any construction that impacts more than one acre of land. He noted that the process can take several months, and most of the time it takes $35,000 to obtain. He says that this will help cut housing construction costs. A few clarifications are in order. The NPDES program is a federal regulation. I’m not sure that any State legislation can remove that requirement. Under the ...

Award winners a testament to value of volunteering

Editorials

On a recent evening, members of our communities gathered in Williamsport to honor the sort of volunteerism and community service that we long have argued is both a cherished value or principle of our region’s character and something of which all of our neighborhoods and communities need ...

Governor betrayed Pennsylvania’s children with 2023 veto

Other Commentaries

When it comes to school choice, Gov. Josh Shapiro often finds himself in hot water. In 2023, he shook hands on a budget deal that included a $100 million scholarship program for kids stuck in Pennsylvania’s worst-performing schools—a program which he endorsed as a candidate. But after teacher unions and partisan Democrats pressed him, he vetoed what could have been a transformational opportunity for thousands of Pennsylvania kids. Now, a new opportunity looms on the horizon—and the governor again appears hesitant to commit. On July 5, 2025, federal lawmakers passed the ...

Better path is genuine simplification

Other Commentaries

President Donald Trump and Congress want to help you increase your savings. And you should. At the household level, saving is the foundation of financial security and the seed capital for a better retirement. At the economy-wide level, savings fund investment that expands the capital stock, raises wages and grows the economy. A society that does not save is a society slowly consuming its future. So, any politician who wants to help Americans save more deserves at least a hearing. What should such a politician propose? The first thing to do is remove all government-made barriers to ...

Tax hikes another reminder that state spending, mergers needed

Editorials

We are glad for those districts in our region that will be able to avoid property tax increases this year. Of course we also worry about friends, family and neighbors in those districts that find it necessary to increase their millage rates. As we have noted before, the signs are clear that ...