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Working a full-time job is no longer enough to keep a family from struggling financially. Take child care teachers, who tirelessly care for our children, or home care workers, who support our elderly loved ones. They are like so many Pennsylvanians, treading water just to stay afloat financially. This is...

For 40 minutes, Tree of Life Rabbi Jeffrey Myers gripped the doorknob in his right hand and held his cellphone to his ear with his left. As the 911 calltaker sat silently on the other end of the line, waiting to hear more information about the active shooter in the...

We all believe that promises made should correlate to promises kept, especially when those promises are made by government leaders. When it comes to Pennsylvania’s energy policy and our newest governor, however, promises made have not been kept — at least, not yet. One hundred-some days ago, I joined the...

The left complains that the rich don’t pay their fair share. The right thinks President Biden spends money like a drunken sailor. Americans don’t save much money. Republicans have a solution to all three problems. Replace the federal income tax with a national sales tax. The tax would not apply...

Some political action committees (PACs) are soliciting and harassing us under false pretenses and with a sense of urgency. They then spend our contributions in ways outside their charter or what we envisioned. Rather than spending our money to support candidates, some PACs use contributions to falsely assassinate the character...

BEIJING — China’s foreign minister met Tesla Ltd. CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday and said strained U.S.-Chinese relations require “mutual respect,” while delivering a message of reassurance that foreign companies are welcome. U.S.-Chinese relations are especially tense after Washington shot down a Chinese balloon believed to be gathering intelligence and...

Destiny Roberts was awarded The George H. Thomas and Donald R. Buckey Philosophy Prize at the 2023 Mount Union Honors Convocation. The prize, honoring two dedicated and respected Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies faculty members, is awarded to a graduating senior who has demonstrated the highest level of philosophical...

Lauren Schwab, a senior at Pine-Richland High School, earned her Girl Scout Gold Award on May 7. Schwab’s project was the assemblance of bat roosting boxes for the Latodami Nature Center in North Park. Grace Welsh, a senior cross-cultural Service major, was named to the president’s list for the spring...

Western Pennsylvania was built on the backs of blue-collar workers who opted for the trade career route rather than pursuing a four-year degree. As the editorial “Embracing and supporting career and tech education is critical” (May 1, TribLIVE) stated, “career education is not less than college education. It is merely...

Bette Davis once declared that “old age ain’t no place for sissies,” and few older people would argue otherwise. The observation also is true regarding finances for retirement, yet millions of Pennsylvanians hurtle toward old age without retirement savings. One of the reasons for that is the lack of employer-provided...

The headline “Counsel blasts Russia probe” (May 15, TribLIVE), conveys Special Counsel John Durham’s opinion. A more informative headline could have read “No FBI criminality,” which states a fact and not a point of view. Durham’s investigation brought criminal charges against three people. Two cases were thrown out of court....

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The letter “We can’t police ourselves out of opioid crisis” (May 4, TribLIVE) says “making medication-assisted opioid detoxification (MAOD) widely accessible should be the top priority” vs. hiring police to use opioid settlement money to reduce overdose deaths. Additionally, the article states the “CDC recommends evidence-based strategies for preventing opioid...

It has taken four years and seven months, but the man accused of killing 11 people as they gathered to practice their Jewish faith at a Squirrel Hill synagogue is going to trial. Opening statements in the case against Robert Bowers, 50, of Baldwin began Tuesday morning in a relatively...

Editorial cartoons for the week of May 29....

Sophia A. Gledhill was among the Western Pennsylvania Girl Scouts who received her Gold Award on May 7 at the Chadwick in Wexford. Gledhill’s Gold Award project educated her peers and community about the global plastic crisis. She taught classes on how to reduce ecological impact through Eco Bricks, in...

INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 24-27) beat Toledo (Tigers), 12-6. C Endy Rodriguez (.234) was 4 for 5 with an RBI. 3B Nick Gonzales (.252) was 2 for 5 with a pair of doubles and two RBIs. RF Cal Mitchell (.267) was 2 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. LF...

On a day of remembrance, services and parades took place throughout the region on a warm and sunny Monday to honor those who gave their lives in service of the country. A Memorial Day ceremony in Hempfield paid tribute to those who have fallen. In Leechburg, a Memorial Day parade...

Sunshine and pleasant temperatures graced the 2023 Aspinwall Memorial Day Service and Parade on Monday, May 29. A military fly-over began the Memorial Day commemoration, which included a service at the Aspinwall American Legion Post 77 on Commercial Avenue. Three 50-year members of the post — Robert B. Bursey, Dennis...

Slide repair work on New Texas Road in Plum begins Tuesday. PennDOT announced that New Texas Road, between Old Leechburg Road and Rosemary Hill Drive, will be closed to traffic from 7 a.m. Tuesday until the end of June, according to a posting on the borough’s website. A detour will...

The season didn’t end the way Marist softball pitcher Kiley Myers wanted it to end. But at least it ended in the NCAA Tournament, and it ended with the Latrobe grad throwing a game emblematic of her 2023 season. Though Myers and the Red Foxes were roughed up in a...

Typically, teams that only have two seniors aren’t predicted to get very far because they’re seen as too young. With Greensburg Central Catholic’s softball team, that’s not the case. This year, the Centurions (11-2, 8-2) powered their way into the playoffs with just two seniors and reached the WPIAL Class...

Lock Haven cross country/track and field coach Aaron Russell could tell Mason Ochs just wasn’t himself. There are sophomore slumps, and then there is what Russell perceived in the Riverview grad. “I just felt like he was lost in every event.” Russell said. “He was just kind of floundering, trying...

Milkweed giveaway The Penn Hills Monarch and Milkweed Project plant giveaway will take place from 2-4 p.m. June 10 at the Penn Hills Community Garden, 1162 Jefferson Road. In an effort to help reverse the decline of the monarch butterfly population in North America, seedings of butterfly weed and swamp...