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What other newspapers are saying: US, Mexico need to work together

From 2006 to 2012 during Felipe Calderón’s presidency, Genaro García Luna was Mexico’s top law enforcement official, in charge of building a strategy to confront the powerful drug cartels and sharing intelligence with U.S. officials. He was also on the payroll of the Sinaloa cartel. In October, García Luna — who was arrested in Dallas in 2019 – was sentenced to 38 years in prison by a federal judge in Brooklyn, a dramatic downfall for a man who once led Mexico’s federal police force and, according to testimony, received millions of dollars in bribes and served as the de ...

We need answers about vaping

“A proliferation of e-cigarette flavors and forms, coupled with marketing efforts from manufacturers and parental enabling — and even encouragement — has led to a surge of vaping among younger and younger kids,” a recent article in the Altoona Mirror said. A related quote from the ...

What other newspapers are saying: Americans are all in this together

“I volunteered to get out before you all threw me out,” U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., said during a stop in Parkersburg recently. Surely he knows how very much his work on our behalf has meant to Mountain State residents over the years, and that his determination to focus on that work — rather than the political theater and noise — has been deeply appreciated. It is likely Manchin would have been given the opportunity to leave on his own terms whenever he chose. But with the close of this chapter in his career comes the chance to speak freely about the state of politics in ...

Voting — it starts with you

Voters here in Pennsylvania have a significant decision to make today at the ballot box. Don’t let your voice go unheard as the Keystone State has become the center of the 2024 presidential election. Consider: both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris were in Pittsburgh Monday evening for ...

The value of voting — in others’ words

This weekend, we encouraged every eligible voter to cast an informed ballot. If our words did not persuade you of the importance of this cherished right, perhaps the words of presidents, great writers and statesmen, drawn from Politico magazine and the websites for Maine’s Department of ...

Many important votes to be cast

We understand that this election — perhaps more so than past elections — has been overwhelming, even tiresome. We still hope every eligible voter in Lycoming County and our surrounding counties has cast or will cast informed votes. We also, as we have editorialized upon in the past, ...