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Timeline for tougher cellphone ban not tough enough

The expression “time flies” is familiar to most people. However, time cannot “fly” fast enough regarding Pennsylvania’s new handheld-cellphone ban for individuals operating motor vehicles on commonwealth roadways. Until the full teeth of the law replaces the wishy-washy provisions currently in place, innocent drivers or vehicle passengers could die or be maimed — just because only a warning will be issued now, rather than a monetary penalty from violators’ wallets or pocketbooks. The possibility of a fine, rather than a warning, could deter some drivers from risking ...

Lawmaker’s efforts to ensure transparency commendable

We appreciate the efforts by state Sen. Cris Dush, R-Pine Creek Township, to address an important issue. “I find it deeply troubling that Pennsylvania’s long-standing (Right-to-Know) law mentions no criminal offense for destroying or altering records subject to a RTK request,” said ...

What other newspapers are saying: Delegitimizing government has consequences

The question of whether damage from the tornado that tore through St. Louis on May 16 merits a federal disaster declaration shouldn’t really be a question to anyone who has seen the devastation on the city’s north side — five people dead, thousands of buildings damaged or destroyed, countless residents left homeless or housed in undermined and unsafe structures with nowhere else to go. This is exactly what federal disaster designations were designed for. Yet fully three weeks after the tornado struck, and almost two weeks after Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe formally requested a ...

Technology requires time that oil, gas provides

Our editorials about energy policy are frequent — but also, we believe, consistent. Energy is too interconnected with every facet of businesses’ and families’ budget for the issue not to be treated as significant. We believe the U.S. needs development of domestic energy sources, ...

Debate on marijuana needs to be its own merits

A column in last week’s Chamber Connection, published in the Wednesday editions of the Sun-Gazette, by Williamsport-Lycoming Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jason Fink raises a number of excellent questions about the resurfaced push to legalize recreational marijauna in ...

What other newspapers are saying: Measles cases should get attention

The Marquette County Health Department confirmed a case of measles in a Marquette County resident Thursday. A second Marquette County case has since surfaced, along with one in Ontonagon County in a person with ties to Marquette County. Because the virus that causes measles can remain infectious in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves the area, individuals who were at these locations may have been exposed to the first case: — Moonspun Wool, 219 W. Washington St., Marquette, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, May 19; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 20; and 10 a.m. ...