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What other newspapers are saying: Climate for electric vehicles changing

The times they are a changin’, especially on progressive climate dogma. On Thursday the House voted in strong bipartisan fashion to overturn the EV mandate the Biden Administration let California impose on the rest of America. The vote was 246-164 for a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to repeal the waiver that the Environmental Protection Agency granted California for its EV mandate. The waiver provision was written to let California address smog. But Sacramento Democrats lobbied the Biden EPA to let it apply to carbon emissions. The mandate is ludicrously impossible to ...

Youth devoted to brighter futures

A common theme often can be found in our communities, beyond the perhaps cliched notion that young people are our future — our young people are eager to work hard and learn and improve at new skills to make that future brighter. We are, of course, always happy to share stories of young ...

Lawmaker’s leadership on Second Amendment appreciated

We are happy to learn from the office of state Rep. Joe Hamm, R-Hepburn Township, that the legislator recently attended our region’s National Rifle Association banquet in Hughesville. The state representative discussed his efforts in the legislature to secure concealed-carry rights in ...

What other newspapers are saying: Colleges have role in protecting free speech

The messaging emblazoned across the University of Texas campus embraces a global outlook: “What starts here changes the world.” Yet the federal government’s sweeping efforts to rescind international students’ visas — so far ensnaring at least 176 students across the entire UT system, a sizable chunk of the more than 1,000 students impacted across all American universities — sends a much different, ominous message. Speak out here and it’s time to leave. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said his office is working “every day” to deport the “lunatics” who ...

Soap Box Derby workshop a sign summer is coming

As seen in Monday’s Williamsport Sun-Gazette, participants in the 2025 Soap Box Derby were busy this past weekend building their cars ahead of the June 7 race on the Market Street Hill. The Soap Box Derby is one of the highlights of summer in our region. The construction of the cars by the ...

Schools should emphasize civics

It’s low-hanging comedic fruit, ripe for the picking by late-night television talk show hosts. Folks out shopping or strolling a city street are stopped at random and quizzed on their knowledge of civics, democracy and American history. An excerpt from an actual interview: Question: ...