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Editorials

Safety vital while trick-or-treating

As October draws to a close, Halloween arrives. The American Red Cross offers some tips for safe trick-or-treating on the organization’s website. The Red Cross recommends using face makeup instead of masks, which make seeing difficult, giving trick-or-treaters a flashlight to light their ...

State needs responsible budget

This week Pennsylvania reaches the four-month mark without a state budget. The annual deadline for the state government’s spending plan is June 30. We believe it is inexcusable that our state is within hours of being four months overdue for passing a budget — but, as we editorialized this ...

Term limits won’t solve elections’ most urgent problem

Four of the 6-0 votes to enact term limits for mayor, city council and other city offices came from Republican members of City Council. While we understand the belief that partisanship and parties should be as little a factor in local government as possible, it is noteworthy in regards to the ...

Government needs more oversight, not less

We recently shared our reservations about the effect of a term-limits ordinance on the incumbent mayor — and referenced the White House seven decades ago to contemplate our underlying principles as Americans. Our reservations about a potential future development stemming from this ...

What other newspapers are saying: A trade war nobody wants

The United States and China, inveterate rivals yet inextricably interlinked, are once again barreling into a trade war nobody wants. Tit-for-tat tariffs and export controls, coming after a few months respite, once again threaten to damage the economies of both countries and derail global ...