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Proceed with caution on Wolf’s budget

Caution is the best advice for lawmakers on both sides of the Pennsylvania General AssemblyÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s political aisle, in response to Gov. Tom WolfÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s proposed 2022-23 budget, his last as the commonwealthÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s chief executive.While it is a given that next fiscal yearÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s budget will hardly resemble ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> We are happy to welcome back state Rep. Matthew Dowling, who returned to his legislative duties last week after a crash left him hospitalized and in need of lengthy rehabilitation. Dowling, who represents the 51st Legislative District, was ...

Since she was first elected in 2018, state Rep. Natalie Mihalek has advocated for the privatization of alcohol sales in Pennsylvania. The Upper St. Clair Republican is 100% on the money when she argues the current system is a musty, outmoded relic of Prohibition. ItÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s cumbersome, inefficient ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> Tomorrow is Take Your Child to the Library Day, a day set aside each year to encourage parents to take their children to their local library. Fayette, Greene and Washington counties are fortunate to have several community libraries to serve ...

Perhaps itÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s a reflection of how deeply the board game Monopoly has permeated our culture, but right now a lot of people seem to want other people to go to jail, and probably not pass Go or collect $200, for that matter.Last weekend, former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich gravely ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Jeers:</strong> Last fall, Chambersburg became one of about 70 municipalities in Pennsylvania that have enacted ordinances protecting LGBTQ residents from discrimination. On Monday night, it became the first to repeal its ordinance. A newly minted Republican ...