THEIR VIEW
This editorial appeared this week in the Patriot-News.
Across the state, people are grappling with our system of property assessment.
Opinion
The following editorial appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on Tuesday: ——— You have to admire the cunning of the pharmaceutical industry.
Several groups have worked together to produce this report, "A Citizen's Guide to a Modern Constitutional Convention."
It offers a framework for residents and lawmakers on what it would take to hold a Constitutional Convention, seen as the only way to significantly reform Pennsylvania government.• Bill won't save lives
• No more drilling• Bikes should be allowedIt’s been a challenging 2009 for many, and with Thanksgiving just around the corner we wonder what you’re especially thankful for this year.
• Development opportunities
• Cycle of violence• Health bill for allFOCUS ON EXCESSIVE DRINKING
• Not so Penn State proud
• Make students work harder• Some things to think about• Road plan runs off course
• For the record• We are not at war
Earlier this week, the inspector-general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, aka, the bank bailout fund, released his report on the 2008 rescue of the American International Group, the insurer. The gist of the report is that government officials made no serious attempt to extract concessions from bankers, even though these bankers received huge benefits from the rescue.
What will the United States be like in 20 years when today’s toddlers are in college or trying to land that first job or maybe thinking about starting a family?
Perhaps you’ve long believed that extremist Islamic terrorism poses the greatest danger to America. Well, the Republicans wish to disabuse you of that notion.
When Lt. Roy E. Westover Jr., of the Westover Area Fire Department, rose on the morning of Oct. 23, I am sure his mind was on many things. The mind of a volunteer and community leader usually is.
The Obama administration has chosen the wrong New York venue to try five co-conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States.
WASHINGTON — Of course, the subtitle of Sarah Palin’s book is “An American Life.”
STATE BUDGET: Commissioners may borrow cash in monthslong stalemate
BELLEFONTE — With the state budget stalemate continuing into its fourth month, Centre County commissioners said Tuesday they are quickly reaching the point where they will have to tap a $15 million line of credit to keep the county government running.
Lawmakers raise ire of activists, constituents with performance
STATE COLLEGE — Common Cause of Pennsylvania’s Sara Steelman told a group of concerned citizens Monday that state lawmakers should be fined and their per diem pay forfeited in the future if they don’t pass a budget by June 30.
Supervisor and council candidates in Centre Region townships say they’re worried the state budget crisis will undermine their own budgets by draining the tax revenue well dry.
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