The nation’s top auto-safety regulator deserves a good grade for its efforts on behalf of automatic emergency braking on new vehicles. However, too bad the same agency is so woefully slow many times in completing investigations into suspected vehicle defects that could put drivers at ...

If there is any doubt that your vote doesn’t count, just check out the results of the recent primary election race between two local magisterial district judge candidates. Former Lock Haven city police chief Kristin Smith garnered the Democratic nomination for the position serving District ...

Nebraska now has new rules that call for people to present photo ID when they vote, as required by the state constitution under an amendment approved by voters in November 2022. Policymakers have done a good job balancing Nebraskans’ right to vote with the need to protect the integrity of ...

When politicians talk about the amount of taxpayer money available to help with everything from education to infrastructure improvements, they get a little quieter when it’s time to look at how hard the federal government makes it to jump through the hoops to actually get that money. It ...

Our region has had little, if any, rain in the past three weeks (and counting). Not good. We need some rain. We need a steady soaker. To boost our farmers’ crops. To replenish the thousands of household water wells. To replenish our public water reservoirs. To protect the health ...

STO-ROX Community Federal Credit Union was holding a share of money for a woman named Genevieve. Genevieve didn’t withdraw it. We don’t know why. She could have moved. She might have forgotten about it. Maybe a parent opened the account for her and she never even knew about it. Maybe she ...