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This week, the state’s Basic Education Funding Commission (BEFC) will meet in Pittsburgh to gather testimony from educators and education advocates on the state of public education in Pennsylvania. Considering the Commonwealth Court’s ruling this year declaring the state’s funding of public education to be unconstitutional, the BEFC is tasked...

Domestic abuse doesn’t always look like a black eye or a broken wrist. Physical abuse is the most identifiable because it can be seen. It’s the abuse we know from television, movies and public service announcements. There also is emotional abuse. There is verbal and psychological abuse. There is isolation...

Friends of the Bethel Park Park Library members made a $10,000 donation to the institution they support, fittingly enough during September, Love Your Library Month in Allegheny County. The money was raised through Friends of the library activities throughout the year, and the donation will go toward purchasing materials and...

The parallels were striking — and surely not coincidental. Exactly 50 years and a day after being taken completely off guard by a coordinated military attack by its neighbors — Egypt and Syria — Israel was again caught by surprise. Early on Oct. 7, Hamas militants invaded southern Israel by...

Oct. 3, 2023, will go down in American history as the first time a speaker of the House was expelled from Congress by his own peers. Kevin McCarthy, a man consumed of blind personal ambition and self-interest, was shown the exit door by his congressional colleagues. Eight Republicans — Andy...

There will be only one winner in the war that has broken out between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. And it is neither Israel nor Hamas. In an operation coined “the Al-Aqsa Storm,” Hamas, whose formal name is the Islamic Resistance Movement, fired thousands of rockets into Israel...

Steely Dan is no longer opening for the Eagles at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday. Vince Gill’s official website lists the country singer as the opener for several October shows, while Steely Dan does not to appear be performing again until November. The IndyStar website reported that Steely Dan did...

Invariably, another nail-biter on funding the government is met with continuing resolution to fund the government until Nov. 17 and avoid a shutdown. This extension allows Congress another 48 days to do its work. Have we all forgotten the long-standing fiscal year (June-July) was established in 1873? Then, in 1974,...

The Manor recreation department is planning a Halloween dance party that is free for borough residents. The event will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Manor Community Room at 44 Main St. The registration deadline is Oct. 20. Costumes are welcome, and there will be...

Pine-Richland High School senior Vasile Balouris was named to the Pittsburgh Steelers All-Peer Team. Balouris is one of 11 students from the region selected for going above and beyond to provide mentor-like support to teammates. A two-year football team captain with a history of academic excellence, including a near-perfect SAT...

The president of the United States should strive to represent as many segments of the country as is possible and practical under our political system of government. Even the effort to do so on the part of our chief executives and representatives in the past few years has been lacking,...

Gun violence in cities is something sadly familiar to everyone. We are not surprised to hear of a death toll in an American city over the weekend. We have ceased to be shocked by news of one or two or more shot on any given day in New York or...

Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Masquerade ball planned in Leechburg Leechburg Area Community Association will sponsor...

I will sleep comforted knowing that the U.S. Senate has resolved that “… a coat, tie and slacks or other long pants …” are mandatory attire when members of that august body take to the Senate floor. I fully expect that the Professional Golf Association will soon follow by warning...

High schools Field hockey Monday’s results Section 3A North Allegheny 10, Hempfield 0 Mt. Lebanon 7, Norwin 1 Peters Township 8, Allderdice 0 Nonsection Oakland Catholic 1, Winchester Thurston 0 Pine-Richland 5, Fox Chapel 0 Tuesday’s schedule Section 2A Latrobe at Penn-Trafford, 7:30 p.m. Fox Chapel at Oakland Catholic, 7:30...

The Tribune-Review will accept submissions of election-related letters until Oct. 21. Election-related letters will not be published after Oct. 29....

Chloe Hart scored the winning goal to lead West Allegheny to a 1-0 victory over Chartiers Valley (4-8, 2-7), clinching a playoff spot in Section 4-3A girls soccer Monday. Kennedi Colinear had an assist and Ally Frueh and Alicia Alwine combined on the shutout for West A (10-6, 6-5). Beaver...

If you’ve heard the word Kiski, it’s usually followed by the word “Area,” or if you’re lucky enough to have spent some time in a kayak or a canoe, perhaps you know it as the lovely river that starts in Saltsburg where the Conemaugh and the Loyalhanna join to run...

It’s nearly impossible to have a conversation about inflation without mentioning food prices. And no wonder, as they are up 24% since the start of the pandemic and account for one-sixth of the increase in consumer prices overall. After the recent monetary policy meeting, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said...

It’s no secret that Congress is not held in high esteem by the American people. Much of the blame for dysfunction in Washington, and our system of government, is directed at so-called “special interest groups.” About 70% of Americans polled in a national survey said that “Congress works for the...

The Norwin School District Community Foundation is seeking donations in hopes of raising $15,000 for student scholarships and programs. The fundraising push for tax-deductible donations — the foundation’s Annual Days of Giving campaign — is held during Norwin’s homecoming week, Oct. 16 to 22. The money raised will be used...

Fox Chapel Area High School’s homecoming festivities on Sept. 29 included a community carnival and the crowning of the 2023 homecoming queen and king, Benedetta Pacini and Alexander Kaufmann. Other senior members of the homecoming court were: Alyssa Berardi, Fiona Brown, Dylan Byersdorfer, Isabella Marcos, Jack O’Brien and Eliott Stephany....

Construction is set to begin Tuesday on a traffic calming project on Stanton Avenue in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty and Highland Park neighborhoods. The city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure will construct speed tables, which officials described as “midblock traffic calming devices that raise the entire wheelbase of a vehicle to...

OK, my fellow Republicans, you got rid of Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Eight of you joined with every Democrat in the House of Representatives — the only part of the federal government we control — to vote McCarthy out, 216-210. In the process you threw the House into chaos, killed any...