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Volunteer fire companies need and deserve our support

Editorials

As reported in the Tuesday and Wednesday editions of the Sun-Gazette, homes in Gamble Township, the Newberry neighborhood of Williamsport and Montgomery all were lost to fires in the earliest part of the week. First, we hope the families affected by these fires recover. Second, we hope communities throughout our region and state, after these fires and after any fire, can reflect on the important role volunteer fire companies fill in keeping our communities safe. As the Sun-Gazette has documented over years, volunteer fire companies often struggle to find men and women willing to serve ...

What other newspapers are saying: Punishment must always fit crime

Editorials

Public corruption should always trigger outrage, regardless of the offender. When people entrusted with public dollars abuse that trust, the damage goes far beyond the financial hit. It erodes confidence in institutions that rely on credibility to function. That is why the stark contrast between two recent public corruption cases in our region is impossible to ignore — and deeply concerning. In one case, a former Marshall County assessor, an elected official, was sentenced to two to 15 years in state prison for embezzlement. That sentence properly reflects the seriousness of the ...

On the edge of a cliff

Letters

Have you noticed every action the Trump Administration has taken when it comes to illegal immigration, the Democratic/Socialist Party has nothing but contempt for them. This is the same people who once said instead of having people learn English, you might want your children to learn Spanish. Then deported over a million illegal immigrants. No problem, as far as the media was concerned. But now, it’s big news, because it’s the Trump Administration. Is the citizenry that naive to believe everything the Democratic/Socialist Party controlled media prints? Do you really believe the ...

Failing to deliver for working class

Letters

President Trump and the Republican Party have done nothing to improve the lives of working-class Americans since taking control of all three branches of government in 2025. They don’t care about you or me. Their focus is on enriching their wealthy donors and the Epstein class. Inflation — something Trump promised to fix on “day one” — remains far too high, and the rising cost of basic necessities is making life increasingly difficult for most Americans. Instead of addressing affordability, Trump and congressional Republicans appear far more interested in increasing their own ...

Fiscal recklessness will have consequences

Editorials

An analysis by Truth in Accounting on which The Center Square reported in the Feb. 10 edition of the Sun-Gazette finds that Philadelphia will overspend in the 2025/26 budget year by about $17,000 per taxpayer. As we note that this sort of budgeting is unsustainable, we do not want to single out Pennsylvania’s largest city. The budget proposal by Gov. Josh Shapiro, as we’ve repeatedly criticized in editorials the past two weeks, uses assumptions about future laws and the state’s “rainy day fund” to ramp up government spending — despite our Legislature’s clear and ...

Where is the justice?

Letters

First of all, we do not deny that the U.S. government has an obligation to enforce existing laws on immigration. But the current administration has chosen to enforce those laws outside the legal norms of due process and the presumption of innocence. The foundation of our legal system is built on these norms, norms that apply to any and all defendants, regardless of their immigration status. As enforcement is now being exercised, a homegrown criminal is afforded more constitutional protection than an immigrant whose sole offense is lacking the legal basis for working and living in ...