President Donald Trump is not the first politician to be the target of nitpicking by those who just can’t stand him, and he will not be the last. Still, the most recent episode — let us call it Biblegate — reaches new heights of desperation to find something, anything, to criticize about ...

The state’s lawmakers are working on a Workplace Development Package, a set of bills aimed at smoothly placing students in careers. To that end, several members of the state House Majority Policy Committee recently toured the Pennsylvania College of Technology. They could not have picked ...

The cost of recertifying the levee in Williamsport is closing in on $2 million. And that, unfortunately, is just the start. The cost of repairing crosspipes in the levee will push the project cost to $8 million. Other costs – replacement of an “I” wall with a T-shaped wall on the ...

Meeting recently with the Sun-Gazette editorial board, state Rep. Garth Everett, a Muncy Republican who represents much of our region, touched on a number of topics, but we were struck most by the discussions on the proposed gas severance tax and minimum wage hike. Everett said he is not ...

The mastermind for a regionwide heroin distribution network was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison last week. The tale told through Kalif English’s words prior to sentencing as well as the indictment that led to his conviction is scary and instructive. English grew up fatherless on ...

Arizonan Martha McSally spent 26 years in the military, becoming the first female Air Force pilot to fly in combat. She went on to a successful career in politics, leading her to the U.S. Senate. Clearly, she is a strong woman. Yet she was shaken deeply on Wednesday, as she participated ...

The city of Williamsport took the unusual step in 1968 to purchase the Williamsport Bus Co. for $75,000 and establish a municipality-run transit system. It was considered quite a gamble at the time. The intervening five decades have shown countless examples of government takeovers on the ...

The thoughtful among President Donald Trump’s severest critics have had to join with his supporters in giving him a thumbs-up for walking away from a summit meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un several days ago. Trump was right to refuse to be the newest chump in North Korea’s ...

Alize Johnson’s road to the National Basketball Association started on the hard courts at Memorial Park. Clearly, he has not forgotten. Even better than his memory is his heart. He announced this week his foundation will give up to $150,000 to construct two NBA-quality courts at Memorial ...

We are in the midst of Sunshine Week. No, we don't mean the weather, though the sunshine these past few days has been nice. The sunshine, in this case, is a journalistic term that refers to letting the daylight in your news. That translates into the truth, as close as we can get to it, ...

Pennsylvania is the first state to implement a school threat reporting program that also includes training schools, students, 911 operators and a team that fields calls in the state attorney general's office to properly respond to calls. In the first month of the program, the system received ...

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, established his credentials as a liberal Democrat on most issues long ago. So, his failure to gain traction in an abortive bid for the presidency ought to be viewed by fellow Ohioans as a disappointment — and by Democrats nationwide as an alarm ...

Many of us have heard the phone ring, glanced down at the caller ID and seen the name and number of someone we know, answered the phone — and found ourselves talking to someone with a sales pitch or worse, a scam. It is called “spoofing,” and it enables the unscrupulous to get to us ...

We Americans are failing to cope with a serious crisis, and it has little to do with border security. It is the national debt, which topped $22 trillion this week. Consider just one aspect of the debt: Federal government spending totals about $4.4 trillion a year. Of that amount, more than ...

If you like true redevelopment – when ideas blossom into visual progress - your time is near regarding the changes east of Market Street known as the East Third Street/Old City Gateway Revitalization Project. More than $6 million in construction on areas east of Market Street is scheduled ...

Legislation has been introduced in the state Senate that would require offenders convicted of any sex trafficking-related offenses to register with the Megan's Law sex offender registry. The bill would amend the existing law to classify the convictions relating to human trafficking in the ...

The United States has become the world’s leading producer of petroleum, beating even Saudi Arabia. That means we can be somewhat choosy about where we drill for oil. Two key conflicts exist in that regard. One, of course, is protection of the environment, including natural treasures ...

For decades, the State System of Higher Education has been the most financially realistic path to a college education for students in our region. There needs to be fundamental fiscal change – quickly – for that premise to remain true. Leaders of the state-owned university system that ...

A little more than 25 years ago, the Capitol Theater stood on West Fourth Street as a proud monument to Williamsport history – but an uncertain part of its future. The building was no longer a movie-watching destination and was decaying on the inside. But along came an idea to change what ...

Promise-them-anything Democrat candidate for president Julian Castro was under fire recently from fellow liberals — for not promising Americans enough. Castro, who served as secretary of Housing and Urban Development under former President Barack Obama, announced last weekend that he is ...