Our first responders frequently demonstrate their commitment to keeping our communities safe. That commitment is clear in their willingness to extinguish fires, to render medical aid to people injured in calamities and to confront people who are a risk to themselves or others. But a less ...

When the contractions start, when the device next to the hospital bed is beeping loudly, or when indigestion might actually be something more serious, you want a nurse to be there. Problem is, we are dealing with a critical shortage of nurses. The caregivers who guide us through those moments ...

Bird-watching. Hunting. Fishing. Hiking. Camping. We’ve taken many opportunities over the years to extol our region’s vast array of options for outdoor recreation. And yet, we never tire of praising how richly rewarding these pursuits can be. As reported in the Sun-Gazette’s Tuesday ...

The sun shines everywhere but state law casts shade on its ability to produce electricity just about everywhere. Now, bipartisan bills in both houses of the state Legislature would allow community solar energy projects to increase power production, reduce power costs and create thousands of ...

Tightening rules on elections has been a hot topic in recent years. It’s an idea that has gotten top-down attention. Donald Trump brought heat to it with questions about the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. It has been picked up by leaders in state governments, including state Sen. ...

A lot of attention is being paid to what our children are reading nowadays, turning once sedate classrooms and libraries into battlefields in our country’s never-ending culture wars. Some overzealous parents and community members have gone on book-banning benders, even though restricting ...