We are disappointed by the challenges a family in the village of English Center is encountering as it grapples with the remnants of flooding. The flooding, as detailed in an article in this past weekend’s Sun-Gazette, left rocks and stones uprooted from stream beds on the family’s ...
Gov. Josh Shapiro is accepting donations for the repairs the state-owned governor’s mansion will need after the April arson, Spotlight PA reported in Friday’s edition of the Sun-Gazette — and his staff are dragging their feet on identifying who those donors are. The governor’s decision to resist releasing the names of donors to renovate the damaged governor’s mansion is unfortunately not surprising. Too often public servants attempt to evade the type of record-keeping essential to permitting the accountability that the checks and balances of our system are meant to ensure. As ...
For more than 40 years, the Department of Defense has operated satellites that collect information about atmospheric and oceanic conditions. The microwave frequencies from the DOD satellites provide data that is processed by a group within the Navy and shared with scientists and weather forecasters who use it for different purposes, including for real-time hurricane forecasting. The Department of Defense announced that it would discontinue sharing the data “no later than July 31,” according to a statement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. The DOD will ...
The next tax-filing season — for 2025 taxes — might be one to remember, but not for reasons taxpayers would prefer. While many provisions of the new federal budget law signed by President Donald Trump are being welcomed by probably most Americans, because of tax benefits the budget ...
We are impressed with the leadership U.S. Sen. David McCormick, R-Pittsburgh, is demonstrating on an issue whose importance our editorials frequently emphasize. McCormick, in only his first year as a senator, organized an energy summit this past week that unveiled vital, private-sector ...
What happened in Texas on July 4 was unfathomable. Flash flooding and its aftermath took the lives of –at this writing — approximately 120 people. Families and communities are devastated. Help from all corners is still desperately needed. And it is coming, even from the federal government, which rightly wasted NO time in quickly delivering a robust response. President Donald Trump approved Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s request for a major disaster declaration only one day after it was submitted. That activated Federal Emergency Management Agency resources and help for survivors and ...
