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Public notices require independence

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Life is hectic. Keeping track of work, home and family commitments is challenging enough. Now imagine adding another task to your daily routine: checking multiple government websites just to find out what your local and state officials are planning to do. You would have to monitor the websites of your school board, township supervisors, borough council, sewer authority, zoning hearing board, county commissioners and other government bodies that make decisions affecting your daily life. That could become reality if lawmakers weaken Pennsylvania’s public notice law by allowing ...

‘I like unions, I just don’t like my union’

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“I like unions. I just don’t like my union.” Time and time again, I hear this sentiment from employees nationwide. Most will express frustration with their union officials, who’ve disappointed or even mistreated them and other members. Some tell me how they tried and failed to improve their own union from within. They imagine there’s a better union out there — one where union officials actively improve the workplace and help employees achieve some measure of personal freedom. Polling confirms this sentiment. Gallup found that about two-thirds of Americans broadly approve ...

We need WPSU

Letters

Public media in central and northern Pennsylvania is at a pivotal moment. When Penn State announced it would no longer support WPSU, the future of local public television and radio became unclear. More than 20,000 people signed a petition urging the University to protect this essential community service. A path forward emerged: transfer the WPSU broadcast license to WHYY while preserving WPSU’s regional identity and local mission. That transfer is underway. Once final agreements are completed, the license request will be filed with the FCC. After approval, the transition will be ...

Noem’s real mistake

Letters

Kristi Noem should have been fired a long time ago. For more than a year, Noem presided over some of the most outrageous law enforcement actions in modern American history. She deployed thousands of masked agents on immigration raids in American cities, claiming they targeted the “worst of the worst” – but tens of thousands of people with no criminal record, including American citizens, were swept up. Noem kept her job. She ordered illegal arrests without warrants and deportations without due process. She separated parents from children. She sent detainees to mass incarceration ...

What other newspapers are saying: As rent pressures increase, lawmakers must focus

Editorials

Affordable housing remains a challenge for Ohioans — and that challenge only grows as rent puts a greater strain on an increasing number of households. According to the 2026 Gap Report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, there are 422,098 extremely low-income renters in the state, and 73% of those report spending more than half their income on rent. That is an increase from 66% only five years ago. “For people at the bottom of the pay scale, rent is gobbling up most of their paychecks. But this report shows the rent ...

Lessons need learned from trooper’s tragic death

Editorials

The death of a Pennsylvania state trooper during a traffic stop on March 8 underscores how the lives of law enforcement officers are at risk even while performing some of their most basic duties. Cpl. Tim O’Connor was killed while approaching a car he had stopped after authorities were alerted about what was described as an “erratic driver.” O’Connor was shot to death while he was walking toward the car; it is believed that the driver fired from inside the vehicle. After firing the shot, the shooter, identified as Jesse Nathan Elks, 32, exited the car, walked a short distance ...