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What other newspapers are saying: Policy shifts impact most vulnerable

Many of these proposed and emerging policies align with plans detailed in initiatives such as Project 2025, a comprehensive blueprint for restructuring the federal government. Regardless of their origin, the tangible effects of these shifts on crucial support systems demand our community’s urgent attention. The recent news that 23 employees at the North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities (NDCPD) at Minot State University are being laid off — with some already having lost their jobs — is a stark local example of this broader trend. These job losses, attributed to federal ...

Work on derailment needs to continue

An Associated Press article about the Feb. 3, 2023, Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, said the accident prompted a national reckoning with rail safety and calls for reform, although proposals for new industry rules stalled in Congress. Unfortunately, though, with each ...

Impact fee just part of gas industry’s success

$6.9 million. Lycoming County and its municipalities are yet again benefitting from the natural gas impact fee. This year’s $6.9 million disbursement brings the total, since the fee was enacted, to about $134.5 million. The projects on which that money has and will be spent would ...

What other newspapers are saying: President right to act on Iran

President Trump’s decision to strike Iran’s three most significant nuclear sites on Saturday helped rid the world of a grave nuclear threat and was a large step toward restoring U.S. deterrence. It also creates an opportunity for a more peaceful Middle East, if the nations of the region will seize it. “Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated,” Mr. Trump said Saturday night. He made clear Iran brought this on itself. “For 40 years, Iran has been saying ‘death to America,’ ‘death to Israel.’ They’ve been killing our ...

Higher ed may price itself out of reach

Picture this: An eager 18-year-old heads to a car lot in search of his first set of wheels. He sees a moderately priced used car that has low mileage and is in good condition. It’s a steal at $10,000. Heading into the dealership’s business office, he’s practically giddy. With nothing to ...

Warriors, Mounties should feel pride

Congratulations to the Montoursville Area High School baseball team and South Williamsport Area High School baseball and softball teams are in order. When high school athletic teams from our region do well in the post-season, our editorial board often takes a moment to acknowledge the traits ...