Organizations dedicated to fighting hunger, community activists and religious groups occasionally sponsor food stamp challenges. Basically, they have people who otherwise have no problem putting meals on the table try to get by for a week on the equivalent dollar amount of what a food stamp ...
<strong>Cheers:</strong> Volunteers from Fayette Outreach in Fayette County stood at Five Corners in Uniontown last Saturday, handing out candy, cards and other small gifts to passing motorists. The occasion? Kindness Day. The group鈥檚 been celebrating it for four ...
<em>An editorial voice from the Scranton Times-Tribune:</em>After voluntarily turning over election software to a third party that had no valid claim to it, Fulton County鈥檚 majority commissioners have lawyered up to fight the state Department of State鈥檚 order to ...
According to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, close to 90% of teachers in the country have received COVID-19 vaccines, an infinitely sensible action to take, considering that many will soon be entering classrooms with children who have either not yet been vaccinated or are under age ...
<strong>Jeer:</strong> The news that Richard Trumka had died last week at the age of 72 came as a shock. The native of Greene County and the leader of the AFL-CIO had been in the news advocating for the $1 trillion infrastructure plan that was approved by the U.S. ...
Months after a majority of voters in the May primary election approved a referendum to limit the governor鈥檚 ability to declare and manage emergencies, state legislators who sought the change have an early opportunity to prove that they are up to the job.Republican lawmakers passed the ...