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Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> Some pundits, and no small number of voters, believe that the ills of our politics could be cured if we only imposed term limits 鈥 everyday people would, for a couple of years, go to their state capitols or to D.C., humbly legislate, and ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro has a solid track record in the desperate struggle against the raging opioid epidemic.Before the COVID-19 pandemic eclipsed opioids as the nation鈥檚 most pressing public health emergency, Shapiro played a significant role as attorney general in the traditional enforcement ...

Make the effort and go vote on Tuesday

Pennsylvania鈥檚 municipal primary is coming up Tuesday, and perhaps unlike any other election on the calendar, it requires a little bit of effort on the part of voters.Let鈥檚 explain: It shouldn鈥檛 be any easier or harder to get to a polling place and cast a ballot than it was last November, ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> Greene County Sheriff Marcus Simms was in a serious motorcycle accident last Friday, and that鈥檚 not good news at all. A broken vertebrae in his neck required surgery, and he also suffered a concussion and several other broken bones. But, in ...

Virtually every day, readers, listeners and viewers of the latest news accounts are updated about arrests, court cases and prison sentences tied to the use or sale of illegal substances 鈥 plus, on some days, provided reports about overdose deaths associated with those substances.Too ...

Back in 1966, the Beatles asked in 鈥淓leanor Rigby鈥 where all the lonely people came from and where they all belong.Fifty-seven years later, the question remains just as pertinent and, in the estimation of U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, even more urgent.According to a report released ...