Pennsylvania has a marijuana problem.The state legalized weed for medical use in 2016. Dispensaries started opening their doors two years later, with the government picking up a 5% tax on sales. That translates to millions in revenue for the public coffers.Dispensaries were barely opened when ...
Benjamin Franklin signed the Declaration of Independence, invented bifocals, the lightning rod, the glass harmonica and the Franklin stove, and more than earned his spot as one of the most renowned and revered Pennsylvanians.Franklin鈥檚 wide-ranging interests and thirst for knowledge were the ...
<strong>Cheers:</strong> A local program is helping to stamp out food insecurity through help from a popular food delivery service. The Greater Washington County Food Bank recently partnered with DoorDash to deliver boxes of food to older residents in Washington ...
To a country that expelled British troops more than two centuries ago and has long touted its democratic values, some of the mourning for Queen Elizabeth II over the last week or so can seem, perhaps, a little bit overwrought.She was, first of all, almost a century old, and had lived a life of ...
<strong>Jeers:聽</strong>We recently noted that, for the first time ever, more Americans are smoking marijuana than tobacco, which reflects marijuana's growing acceptance and more relaxed laws surrounding the drug. However, the investigative news site Spotlight PA ...
Many Americans are unhappy about the prospect of the Internal Revenue Service hiring tens of thousands of additional agents to enable the agency to audit a greater number of tax returns and, in the process, presumably, encourage more honest tax compliance.Some unhappiness stems from the mere ...
