Those advocating for additional government spending to help citizens hurt by the recession often sight the Great Depression of the l930s as proof that significant government expenditures helped cure the economic ills and brought about recovery. FDR’s administration introduced many programs t… Read more
Alarmed about TASB meeting Read more
School boards have much more than a mere legal mandate to ensure students’ safety. It’s a moral obligation that can’t be subject to compromise… Read more
In its effort to make more housing available to low-income residents, the Department of Housing and Urban Development sells off, at cost, prop… Read more
Hats off to the Wyoming County Sheriff’s Department for its conduct of a “lethal threat exercise.” Otherwise known as an active shooter drill,… Read more
In addition to pushing back against a Washington-centric tax-and-spend plan that would add trillions more onto our national debt, I spent the … Read more
Two decades later, it’s still difficult to reconcile the visceral shock of Sept. 11, 2001. Read more
For all of the wonders of modern medicine, there never has been a cure — at least in the United States — for the high costs of prescription drugs. Read more
Congratulations to our Sports Editor Colleen McAleer who was honored Sunday with a luncheon recognizing her by the Tunkhannock Business and Pr… Read more
Promoting whole milk Read more
Ready access to emergency health care is not among the charms of rural living. Read more
Water is on just about everyone’s minds, whether in the saturated East or the parched and burning West. Read more
Thanks to everyone who stopped by our Press Examiner fair booth to share some thoughts about what you liked in our paper and what you might li… Read more
Most people do not broach the sensitive subject in an open setting. Rather, friends, family members and acquaintances address the portentous q… Read more
Most people do not broach the sensitive subject in an open setting. Rather, friends, family members and acquaintances address the portentous q… Read more
Drawing voting districts Read more
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“I can emphatically say I have more trauma from six months in solitary than four combat tours in the Marines.” Read more
Take issue with Rep. Keller Read more
Automated “robocalls” that try to rope Americans into parting with their money, whether for legitimate goods and services or scams, are among … Read more
Take issue with Rep. Keller Read more
Automated “robocalls” that try to rope Americans into parting with their money, whether for legitimate goods and services or scams, are among … Read more
Just a reminder that the first booth in the Jim Dillon Commercial Barn at the Wyoming County Fairgrounds, belongs to the Wyoming County Press … Read more
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has lost roughly 500,000 good-paying manufacturing jobs. That’s a heavy toll for s… Read more
Barons pushed out unions Read more
Local governments and, yes, local newspapers often approach neighborhood improvements in terms of grants, programs and other government machinery. Read more
The 25 percent benefit increase in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that the Biden administration announced Aug. 16 will help to … Read more
The debate over infrastructure spending began even before President Biden put forth his original proposal. But much debate has shed more heat … Read more
Keystone College has had a huge role in Wyoming County for generations, so it makes sense for the county government to help ensure that the co… Read more
Census data are compiled only every 10 years, so it is inevitable that they affirm, rather than reveal, what most governments already know. Read more
As the Harford Fair gets underway this week, the Wyoming County Fair — that runs Sep. 1-6 — is looking for individuals to volunteer to help at… Read more
Concerned over Tyler response Read more
Watch the bottom line on new taxes Read more
Commonwealth Health’s decision to close Tyler Memorial Hospital’s emergency department is a particular crisis for Tunkhannock and Wyoming Coun… Read more
Pennsylvania’s obsolete, fragmented “system” of local government drives up costs to taxpayers by needlessly increasing administrative and dire… Read more
Thanks to Triton Hose Company for another successful fire carnival in downtown Tunkhannock. Although it was a warm week, the hose company woul… Read more
The remarkable economic growth that has occurred in the first part of this year is not without precedence. Immediately following WWII many eco… Read more
Recognizing that he is supposed to serve all Pennsylvanians rather than just radical ideological zealots in his own chamber, Senate President … Read more
What a sock in the gut last week on deadline to discover that Commonwealth Health was going to end its emergency room coverage in October. Read more
Like any adult, Margo L. Davidson is responsible for her own conduct. But as a state legislator, she was a creature of a system that doesn’t d… Read more
COVID-19 surges among the unvaccinated are forcing health care professionals into uncharted moral dilemmas. With emerging strains of the SARS-… Read more
Obituary for the House the Doctors Built Read more
Each year, about 18,000 kids in Pennsylvania have some type of contact with the criminal justice system. Most of these young people are in tro… Read more
Reach out and save someone Read more
Controversy is so intertwined with the modern Olympics that it might as well be one of the interlocking rings on the Olympic flag. But this ye… Read more
Thanks to the Dietrich Theater/Wyoming County Cultural Center for hosting Susquehanna River Day last Saturday and for recent TAHS grad Jack Ch… Read more
It’s impossible to calculate the full impact of the opioid addiction crisis. But it is necessary to put a price on some pharmaceutical manufac… Read more
Late in the night of Friday, June 25, state lawmakers pushed through a $40 billion budget negotiated without public feedback. Read more
What’s going on with Republicans? Read more
Many Pennsylvania lawmakers bristle over government subsidies for renewable energy as they lavish billions of dollars in tax credits on the na… Read more
Anyone wondering how a state senator can get away with sowing unwarranted doubt about the certified and audited 2020 presidential election, sh… Read more
Enough rain already. Please keep your elderly neighbors and relatives in mind and help put them at ease if you know that a severe storm is app… Read more
In Northeast Pennsylvania, so often a microcosm of national trends, communities face workforce challenges as pandemic life gradually recedes. Read more
Appauled at Tunkhannock tax raise Read more
State lawmakers modestly advanced the cause of open government recently when both houses unanimously passed a new law requiring all local gove… Read more
Hats off to our county commissioners for attempting to find a new name for Roadside Rest, the park at the bottom of Eaton Township that over t… Read more
Until the state Legislature finally passed a strong Read more
I would like to introduce you to John. He is one of my court-appointed clients in the Guardianship Program at the Family Service Association o… Read more
Who is Keller representing? Read more
In the $40.8 billion state budget that they passed late Friday, June 25, state legislators at least acknowledged that the state government und… Read more
As insurrectionists carried Confederate battle flags through the Capitol of the United States on Jan. 6, they were encouraged by the presence … Read more
