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Editorials

What other newspapers are saying: Head Start plagued by mismanagement

Head Start has been something of a sacred cow in Washington since its creation in 1965. The $12.3 billion federal program provides pre-school services to nearly 790,000 low-income children each year. But a report released last week by the Government Accountability Office reveals serious ...

New treasury secretary has right ideas

We congratulate Scott Bessent on his confirmation as the United States’ next secretary of the treasury, and believe he has outlined a philosophy that can help America get back on track. Some specific issues on which we are buoyed by his confirmation include the minimum wage, the national ...

Plan helps address region’s housing shortage

We are hopeful about a plan to construct new housing in Hughesville and Wolf Township. Shannon Rossman, director of planning and community development for Lycoming County, offered the Sun-Gazette a thorough explanation for an article in Wednesday’s edition for the proposal and the steps it ...

What other newspapers are saying: Pharmacy benefit practices must be reformed

In 2021, the FDA approved a new insulin drug, Semglee, that was interchangeable with a brand-name insulin called Lantus. Lantus cost $292 for a 30-day supply. Drugmaker Viatris launched two versions of its drug — Semglee cost $269 and a generic version cost $99 for the same amount, according ...

A possible breakthrough in cancer research

“There’s no question we’re missing something,” said Dr. Marwan Fakih, a gastrointestinal oncologist at City of Hope in Duarte, Calif., while lamenting about a cancer mystery that is confounding doctors and other medical researchers. Fakih’s comment was included in an article in the ...

Executive orders sidestep necessity of compromise

Our concerns about the second Trump Administration’s executive actions on immigration are twofold: First, the White House should employ a greater focus on illegal immigration specifically and, second, executive orders violate the principles of our republic. As we noted in our editorials ...