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Recent reporting about opposition to Flock Safety cameras and automated license plate readers (ALPRs) has renewed an important debate in Pennsylvania: How do we protect individual privacy while …
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By SCOTT BOHN and PATRICK MOLLOY
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11/10/26
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After a big loss, there’s always plenty of finger-pointing. Well, get ready because I have eight fingers (and two thumbs) to point.
Republicans who borrowed big-government ideas from the left …
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By JARED WHITLEY
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11/7/26
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Since August, President Trump told voters in places like Texas, Georgia, Ohio and South Carolina to vote as if he were on the ballot. They did.
Last night, their message was unequivocal: …
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By BEN OLINSKY
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11/7/26
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November is Transgender Awareness Month. The 1998 murder of Rita Hester, a Black transgender woman in Massachusetts, inspired transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith to organize the first …
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By PAUL MATWIOW
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11/7/26
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So, I have been receiving multiple messages by email since we lost the midterm elections on Tuesday. They ask, "Governor Hochul, where do you stand?"
The messages allege that New Yorkers cannot …
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By IVAN ORISEK
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11/5/26
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The Lake Communities Alliance (LCA) joins local residents in urging the town boards of Thompson and Forestburgh to deny tax breaks and waivers of local requirements for the Town Line Solar and …
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By the LAKE COMMUNITIES ALLIANCE
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11/3/26
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Pennsylvania is seeing extraordinary growth in data centers and other businesses that use large amounts of electricity. That growth can bring jobs and investment to our communities. But it also …
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By CHRISTINE M. MARTIN
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11/3/26
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There is a criminal among us. He runs the country. As criminal leaders are wont to do, he has surrounded himself with a gang of lesser but like-minded criminals. In recent years, together they have …
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By JOHN PACE
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10/31/26
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New York’s courts are very good at domestic violence emergencies. A petition is filed and a temporary order of protection can issue the same day. An arrest is made and an order follows at …
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By the HON. E. DANIELLE JOSE-DECKER
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10/27/26
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This morning, an article popped up on my computer suggesting that the high-dose flu vaccine—the one recommended for seniors—may have properties that help protect against Alzheimer’s disease.
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By MICHAEL KOSSOVE
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10/20/26
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Pennsylvania is facing one of its most serious measles outbreaks in decades, prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to send an epidemiologist to assist state health officials …
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By MICHAEL KOSSOVE
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10/17/26
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I’ve escaped a war-torn country, been shot at, and been hit by lightning, and breast cancer is still the hardest thing I’ve been through. The diagnosis itself is terrifying, but what follows is a …
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By MAIMAH KARMO
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10/13/26
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After the tumultuous events of the past several weeks, I and many others feel compelled to speak out against the damage being inflicted on the people of Sullivan County by some county officials who …
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By STAR D. HESSE
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10/13/26
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New York's courts are very good at domestic violence emergencies. A petition is filed and a temporary order of protection can issue the same day. An arrest is made and an order follows at …
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By the HON. E. DANIELLE JOSE-DECKER
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10/12/26
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“Doing the same old things? Why don't you try something new?”
How many times have you heard that advice? Usually from someone younger, someone who thinks change is always good and that the …
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By MICHAEL KOSSOVE
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10/11/26
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Media writes about "Americans who are struggling," prices are allegedly sky high and inflation is out of sight.
The New York Times, "All The News …
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By IVAN ORISEK
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10/10/26
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The word plague has a frightening ring to it. For centuries, plague was one of humanity's most feared diseases. The Black Death of the 14th century killed tens of millions of people, devastating …
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By MICHAEL KOSSOVE
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10/6/26
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This week, October 4-10, newspapers across the country pause to mark National Newspaper Week. The theme this year is simple but it carries weight: rooted in community, committed to truth. Those six …
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By PATRICK WOOD
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10/6/26
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An attempt to control what gets reported is an attempt to control what you know. You can fight back.
When someone in a position of power moves to punish or shut out independent reporting, it’s often viewed as another media story—an argument between politicians and journalists, happening …
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By CHRISTOPHER BAXTER of Spotlight PA
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9/29/26
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‘Axing landline service is like building a passenger ship with no lifeboats’
[Ed. note: Thomas Steed, chairman of the Association of BellTel Retirees (which represents thousands of retirees …
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By THOMAS STEED
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9/29/26
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