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Methamphetamines can kill.The illegal drugs themselves can be lethal, but it doesn’t stop there. The labs are dangerous when they are operating. They give off gases. They can explode. They are a tinderbox that has to be handled like a time bomb, but people manufacturing illicit drugs aren’t ...

Pennsylvania has surmounted the first of its two springtime hurdles, the primary election’s nomination process. Strict attention must now shift to the other hurdle – passing a 2022-23 state budget.Ideally, budget preparation and passage should be completed before spring gives way to summer ...

In one form or another, infant formula has been on the market in the United States since the late 1800s, and it’s been readily available for generations of families that have come to rely on it.But like so many things in the last two pandemic-dominated years, formula has become harder to come ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> A sports-centered program implemented by Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern Pennsylvania has become a new way to coach young women about the importance of healthy relationships. Coaching Girls Beyond the Game has been adopted at ...

It’s time for state lawmakers to expand a program that would keep the records of formerly incarcerated people out of public view.For too many Pennsylvanians, a criminal record from decades ago can be the primary obstacle separating them from a job, a livelihood, and a chance at a fresh ...

Include residents in flood plans

Anyone old enough to recall the devastation wreaked by Tropical Storm Agnes in 1972 can appreciate flood-control efforts that were undertaken in the aftermath of that wide-scale weather calamity.Similarly, people who experienced fear and/or destruction from this month’s heavy, persistent ...