State agriculture leaders are worried about the ripple effects of a California regulation that would place strict limits on how animals are raised if their meat is to be sold in California. They should be — because the state’s pork farmers may soon feel like an overcooked piece of bacon ...
It’s been almost a decade since the state has increased its payment for land owned by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Pennsylvania Game Commission and Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. That makes next year as good a time as any for those payments to increase. ...
Giving blood, about 20 years ago, was something of a duty for Americans. According to the Red Cross, the agency provides about 40% of our nation’s blood and blood components, all from generous volunteer donors. But supply can’t always meet demand because only about 3% of age-eligible people ...
Still unconnected Dear Editor, I attended the second Broadband Community Event they have had in Franklin put on by the PA Broadband Authority at the end of July. It was the largest meeting they have held so far in the state. Both Venango County state Sen. Scott Hutchinson and Rep. R. Lee ...
“Whatever sovereignty a local government believes that they have, is subject to and defined and therefore limited to alteration under their state and federal constitutional laws.” – Dick Thornburgh With the fall of the Roman Empire, an epoch of metamorphosis within the Mediterranean ...
Sometimes it’s so easy to be blinded by the problems, conflicts, and struggles unfolding around us in the world that we lose sight of the goodness that lives within us all, isn’t it? So often these days it seems that the darker side of our nature is the stronger side, and the one which ...