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Editorials

It’s not time to kill off AM radio just yet

Their numbers are growing smaller with each passing year, but a significant number of Americans can still recall when AM radio basically was radio. AM was where news broke about their communities, where they first heard fresh releases from the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, and where they ...

Graduation ceremonies bring new memories

Another year has quickly passed, and we’re nearing the end of high school graduation season. Mifflin County High School will stage its graduation ceremonies tonight. Juniata and East Juniata high schools, along with Belleville Mennonite School, held their graduations last week. Graduation ...

Emphasis on financial literacy education welcomed

“We need to teach them how their money is spent, how to invest money and how to leverage money.” Timothy DeFoor, Pennsylvania’s auditor general, is turning his office’s focus to the state’s high school classrooms. He has been visiting schools to promote initiatives to improve ...

Municipal Assistance Program funding is a common good

Pennsylvania is one of four states that differentiate themselves from their 46 American brethren by use of a different word. Like Kentucky, Massachusetts and Virginia, it officially goes by the lofty sounding name of “commonwealth.” In practical use, there is no difference. It is the ...

Celebrate Memorial Day respectfully

No matter what is happening on this nation’s political and economic fronts — and much is happening — Memorial Day, the holiday we are observing today, should not and does not take a back seat. Only something truly catastrophic might cast today’s observance into the background, but ...

Release data on marijuana prescriptions

Fully legalizing marijuana in Pennsylvania would require a robust regulatory framework, from licensing growers and distributors to tracking and collecting taxes, preventing underage use and ensuring public safety. Gov. Josh Shapiro supports legal adult use to the point of including that ...