Last week, at least one expert was disappointed by Ohio’s performance in the National Assessment of Educational Progress report card. Aaron Churchill, Ohio research director for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, called the report — based on exams given biennially to fourth- and ...

Our editorial board’s position likely will not come as a surprise. A state budget proposal that, for the first time in history, spends more than $50 billion is irresponsible. As the Associated Press notes, Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposal increases spending over the previous year — a ...

We found our examination of how homelessness effects our region, published in the Feb. 1-2 edition of the Sun-Gazette, illuminating. First, we appreciate all of the hard, important work that the American Rescue Workers and other organizations and agencies do to provide shelter to the homeless ...

There is one more professional football game to be played in the 2024-2025 season. There are few Americans who have not heard of this particular contest called the Super Bowl. The sporting event that will take place Sunday evening has essentially no equal. Sure, there are the Olympics, the ...

Imagine what people in communities across Pennsylvania are thinking as Penn State fuels speculation that some of its branch campuses might be targeted for possible closing — in large part by remaining tight-lipped about which campuses could be in danger of being shuttered. We suspect ...

We believe the fifth circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals made the correct decision last week when it struck down a federal law prohibiting 18-, 19- and 20-year-olds from purchasing handguns. “Ultimately, the text of the Second Amendment includes eighteen-to-twenty-year-old individuals ...