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Our Opinion

Our opinion: SNAP monitoring must be better

Now that SNAP benefits are guaranteed to flow for the next year, it’s time for Pennsylvania to better monitor how the program operates in the commonwealth. Throughout the late summer and early fall there has been debate over Pennsylvania’s SNAP error rate. We’re one of the states that ...

Our opinion: New phase for reassessments

More than 2,700 Warren County residents who appealed their new property assessments to the county Board of Assessment Appeal now have a limited window to appeal to the Court of Common Pleas if they disagree with the board’s decision. It’s a milestone in the reassessment process. The ...

Our opinion: Nobody won with this budget

There are some good things in the budget agreed to late last week by state lawmakers and Gov. Josh Shapiro. Pulling out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is a win for everyone who pays an electric bill in Pennsylvania. Additional school aid should help keep school taxes down a bit, ...

Editor’s corner: Fetterman standing tall in shutdown aftermath

Bad blood between political parties has created disruptions in the nation’s capital for the last 12 years. The most recent turmoil came in the form of the third government shutdown during that time period. Looking in from the outside, there is plenty of culpability on both sides to get a ...

Other voices: Plan is bad medicine for prices

In a landmark deal announced last week, President Donald Trump negotiated dramatically lower costs for weight-loss drugs produced by pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, which could benefit Medicare and Medicaid patients, as well as Americans paying out of pocket. But here’s the ...

Our opinion: Youngsville sale is preferable

One of the constant complaints we hear from most Warren County government officials is the lack of property on the tax rolls. County officials have been among the most vociferous complainers regarding the lack of taxable property in the county, with county officials still howling - rightly ...