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Editorials

What other newspapers are saying: Keep voting rolls correct

While some states are fighting back against U.S. Justice Department requests for access to their voter registration lists and other elections information, Ohio has begun the four-year process of ensuring voter rolls here are as clean as they can be. Among the states that have received ...

Governor’s evasiveness unacceptable

It has been 33 months since Pennsylvania elected Gov. Josh Shapiro. Three Super Bowls, a Summer Olympics and a presidential election ago, the expensive festivities for his inauguration were held. The election that will decide his second term is closer than that election and inauguration. An ...

Little League World Series about sense of community

The 19th Grand Slam Parade Tuesday will welcome the 2025 Little League World Series to Lycoming County. The parade, as always, will be held on the downtown streets of Little League’s birthplace before the games begin across the river in South Williamsport. Hosting the Little League World ...

What other newspapers are saying: Video a reminder of difficulties police face

Video released in late July by state Attorney General Letitia James of an officer-involved shooting in Mina earlier this year is graphic, disturbing and not for the faint of heart. It’s also an unfortunately real depiction of police work here in Chautauqua County, particularly when officers ...

Disparities in justice yet another reason to defend Second Amendment

With former President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden resurfacing in the news in recent weeks, it’s worth a few moments to consider a far less known name: Alexander Ledvina. Ledvina, as Reason magazine recently detailed, was convicted in 2023 of failing to disclose his past drug use when ...

Public notices must remain accessible

Some state lawmakers seem to think they have come up with a way to modernize how local governing bodies get the word out about their meetings, pending actions, tax increases, new ordinances and other measures. But Senate Bill 194 — which resurrects the idea of putting public notices on ...