Our job — our responsibility — requires us to listen to a lot of people. Not only elected officials on our municipal boards and councils and school boards — the voices of staff and its leadership in local government and school systems and concerned constituents are just as ...
The White House is calling on Congress to include a railroad regulation bill as part of a larger transportation funding package this year. It’s not the first time President Donald Trump has supported it, and the legislative branch would be wise to ignore his counsel again. The Railway Safety Act was first introduced in 2023 after the train accident in East Palestine, Ohio, where chemicals were vented and burned, causing environmental damage and horrific visuals. Then-Sen. JD Vance was among the bipartisan group of legislators who introduced the bill. Trump, then campaigning for ...
As we have regularly editorialized for years, our region — and the U.S. as a whole — needs more housing. A bottle neck in the construction of additional housing is leading housing expenses higher and higher, straining working families’ budgets. An article by Christian Britschgi for ...
The coming week is Pennsylvania Sunshine Week. While we are sure — to which we alluded in Thursday’s editorial — that the families throughout our region our excited about the warmth and sunshine of the season, “sunshine week” refers to something else. The old adage that sunlight ...
The shadow of press repression is spreading around the world. In the past decade, the number of journalists detained and imprisoned has soared as governments seek tighter control over the media. What started as a crackdown first by dictatorships and then by illiberal democracies is expanding to onetime bastions of civil liberties. A recent high-profile case is Jimmy Lai, whom authorities in Hong Kong sentenced to 20 years in prison last month. He had campaigned against China’s choking of the territory’s freedoms. Mr. Lai, 78, has already spent five years in a dark cell and is ...
Warmer weather is arriving, and with it there will be barbecues and parties and campfires. We encourage families to enjoy the opportunities these seasons offer — safely. SmokeyBear.com is one online resource to prepare for the fire-building of spring and summer. A few of the tips they ...
