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Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Jeers:</strong> State Rep. Matthew Dowling, a Uniontown Republican, had planned on running for a fourth term this fall and likely would have won, given the leanings of his district and the fact that he romped to victory in 2020 with a commanding 68% of the ...

Transparency needed in salary bumps

In 2019, a list of pay raises in the Pennsylvania governorÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s office brought criticism.Gov. Tom Wolf handed out increases to some of his top staffers, ranging from 7.7% to 36%.It wasnÎÞëÊÓÆµ™t that anyone questioned the work. People questioned the timing, which came just after the governorÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s ...

Last week, we reported on how the demand for air conditioning is skyrocketing and customers are having to cool their heels ÎÞëÊÓÆµ“ pardon the pun ÎÞëÊÓÆµ“ for weeks at a time for service or installation.With the dangers of COVID-19 ebbing, it could be that some folks are much more comfortable with ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> As the nation celebrates Independence Day, a local festival will mark the city of UniontownÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s birthday. The Founding Day Festival, slated for this weekend, offers a number of family-friendly activities. On Saturday, the ÎÞëÊÓÆµ-Standard has ...

Leave trial locations to courts

Given the stateÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s political structure, itÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s natural to think of the Legislature in terms of the major political parties. But thatÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s just part of the story. Individual lawmakers often are wholly owned subsidiaries of much narrower interests ÎÞëÊÓÆµ“ gas, guns, unions and so on.Those interests ...

Fireworks are plenty of fun on the Fourth of July, when you are sitting in a lawn chair and the night sky is being illuminated by the rocketsÎÞëÊÓÆµ™ red glare and the bombs bursting in air.Fireworks are a lot less fun when one of them sets your neighborÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s house ablaze or blows off somebodyÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s ...