Lori Falce
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Community engagement editor, TribLive/Tribune-Review. Mom, foodie, Pittsburgh sports enthusiast.
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Editorial: This isn’t gallows humor
Drive down Uschak Road in Derry Township, and a wooden shape can loom from a front lawn. It rises high and thin, with a dangling rope knotted in a loop. It isn’t a flagpole. It is a gallows. No ...
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Editorial: Should Pittsburgh Public Schools close for the NFL Draft?
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Editorial: Should Pittsburgh Public Schools close for the NFL Draft?
Pittsburgh has had NFL Draft fever since the announcement that football’s second biggest day would take place in the Steel City. But does that mean that everything was considered when the plan w...
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5 days ago
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Fetterman hit with brutal 108-point polling swing among Pennsylvania Democrats
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Fetterman hit with brutal 108-point polling swing among Pennsylvania Democrats
Sen. John Fetterman’s political future is not looking bright if he decides to stay in the Democratic Party. At least that’s what a recent Quinnipiac poll, which was highlighted by CNN data...
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6 days ago
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Editorial: Sharing information should be the default
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Editorial: Sharing information should be the default
Nothing would be easier than to look at a bar fight involving police officers as an opportunity to talk about bad behavior by law enforcement. But that story isn’t written yet. Charges have been...
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6 days ago
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Lori Falce: The war at your gas pump
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Lori Falce: The war at your gas pump
When you are talking about energy, war is always local. It isn’t about a line in the sand or a point on a map. No matter who you are or where you live, the energy affects you. That is clear in t...
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7 days ago
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Editorial: Opening primaries isn't simple, but it deserves debate
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Editorial: Opening primaries isn’t simple, but it deserves debate
Pennsylvanians are accustomed to a primary that might not reveal how they feel. After all, Pennsylvania may be a critical state in presidential elections, yet its primary falls late in the season. Tha...
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9 days ago
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No nonna? No problem. Celebrate an Italian table with St. Joseph's Day recipes
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Celebrate an Italian table with St. Joseph’s Day recipes
When it comes to cultural celebrations in March, the Irish tend to take center stage with St. Patrick’s Day. But just two days later, on March 19, Italians get a spotlight with St. Joseph’...
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12 days ago
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The Third Amendment is rarely tested but definitely isn’t obsolete. Lori Falce: Constitution Under Construction: Third Amendment, first line of defense
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Lori Falce: Constitution Under Construction: Third Amendment, first line of defense
Editor’s note: This is the fourth column in a series exploring the history and legacy of amendments to the U.S. Constitution. A house is not a metaphor in the Third Amendment. It is right there ...
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13 days ago
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Editorial: Pittsburgh's math problems are transparency issues
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Editorial: Pittsburgh’s math problems are transparency issues
All over the country, people are pulling their financial information together, assembling receipts and taking everything to a qualified professional who can help make sense of the expenses, the income...
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13 days ago
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Editorial: Hatred finds a microphone
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Editorial: Hatred finds a microphone
Three things collided in Pittsburgh this week: hatred, technology and infrastructure. The result was antisemitic threats against Mayor Corey O’Connor broadcast over a public safety radio channel...
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20 days ago
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Lori Falce: Who really picks a party's nominee?
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Lori Falce: Who really picks a party’s nominee?
A primary is different from a general election. It is the earlier opportunity for registered members of a party to have their say in who will represent them on the ticket in November. Primaries, given...
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21 days ago
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The amount is public. The criteria isn’t. Editorial: How did Pittsburgh Regional Transit calculate CEO's bonus?
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Editorial: How did Pittsburgh Regional Transit calculate CEO’s bonus?
On Friday, the board of Pittsburgh Regional Transit unanimously approved a $55,000 bonus for CEO Katharine Kelleman. The issue is not that the transportation authority came off a financially difficult...
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22 days ago
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Does your medical privacy depend on the diagnosis? Editorial: The boundary around medical privacy
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Editorial: The boundary around medical privacy
On Monday, Chief U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon denied a Department of Justice request to force UPMC to turn over records for minor patients who received gender-affirming care. In doing so, she did...
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23 days ago
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Editorial: Courthouse turnover shouldn't delay critical cases
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Editorial: Courthouse turnover shouldn’t delay critical cases
A capital case in Allegheny County may be delayed because another prosecutor assigned to it is leaving the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office. Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Beros...
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26 days ago
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Lori Falce: Constitution Under Construction: 2nd Amendment a study in balance
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Lori Falce: Constitution Under Construction: 2nd Amendment a study in balance
Editor’s note: This is the third column in a series exploring the history and legacy of amendments to the U.S. Constitution. In architecture, a keystone is the wedge-shaped stone set at the top ...
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27 days ago
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Editorial: The private price of public property
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Editorial: The private price of public property
Real estate development would be much easier if everyone could get land for free — or close to it. Of course there are the expenses of design, site work and construction. There may be hurdles fo...
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29 days ago
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Editorial: New Pa. law is about the write stuff
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Editorial: New Pa. law is about the write stuff
Education has been criticized in recent years — 
decades, really — for not teaching children how to think so much as teaching them how to take tests. Specifically, students have lear...
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about 1 month ago
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Editorial: Let's see the receipts on data centers
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Editorial: Let’s see the receipts on data centers
Pennsylvania lawmakers are embroiled in the annual dance in balancing our collective checkbook — the state budget. At the same time, the Keystone State is offering a tax exemption to data center...
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about 1 month ago
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Editorial: Why does transparency have to be so partisan?
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Editorial: Why does transparency have to be so partisan?
The City of Pittsburgh Republican Committee has called for an itemized ledger tracking how $12 million in private donations will be spent. Coming from a political party, it’s easy to read that a...
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about 1 month ago
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Moshannon mystery: Clearfield County ICE detention center steeped in secrecy, drives local economy
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Moshannon mystery: Clearfield County ICE detention center steeped in secrecy, drives local economy
Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a three-part series. PHILIPSBURG — Atop a wooded ridge in Central Pennsylvania, beyond two-lane highways and dense stretches of forest, rises the largest U...
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about 1 month ago
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Lori Falce: Fairy tale. Ending.
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Lori Falce: Fairy tale. Ending.
Imagine knowing your whole life that your family has been touched by fate to follow a different set of rules. You can’t vote. You can’t have public displays of affection — unless the...
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about 1 month ago
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Editorial: Reading between the lines of the First Amendment
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Editorial: Reading between the lines of the First Amendment
There are two ways to read information. One is to look only at the black-and-white letters. You take in the text exactly as written and process it on that basis alone. If you were on the Supreme Court...
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Editorial: A closed door doesn't mean disappearing help
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Editorial: A closed door doesn’t mean disappearing help
A closed door is often read as an ending. It marks the moment a business shuts down or an opportunity slips away. But sometimes a closed door is not the end. Casa San José has closed its front do...
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about 1 month ago
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What makes the freedoms in the First Amendment so important? Constitution Under Construction: Who's on First?
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Constitution Under Construction: Who’s on First?
The foundation of any structure is more than a hole in the ground. It is the difference between a pile of bricks and a house built to weather a storm. The First Amendment to the Constitution carries t...
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about 1 month ago
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Editorial: Savannah Guthrie, Cassandra Gross and the hard truth about missing-person cases
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Editorial: Savannah Guthrie, Cassandra Gross and the hard truth about missing-person cases
Watching Savannah Guthrie sit on a couch and look into a camera is nothing new. It is how many Americans start their day — with a cup of coffee and the “Today” show. But for two days...
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about 1 month ago
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Lori Falce: Who do you play for?
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Lori Falce: Who do you play for?
I did not watch “Miracle” the other night just because of the Olympics. Yes, it was offered up to me by my streaming service, I am sure, because of the amount of golden and glorious dreams...
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about 1 month ago
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Editorial: Adding up the state's structural deficit versus rainy day fund math
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Editorial: Adding up the state’s structural deficit versus rainy day fund math
Debt and savings are different columns in the same ledger. Any business can tell you that. So can anyone working on their taxes right now. Like blood circulating in the body, the amount of money in an...
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about 1 month ago
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Editorial: Fixing the Sunshine Act's notice problem
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Editorial: Fixing the Sunshine Act’s notice problem
Since 1957, Pennsylvania has codified a responsibility to make public meetings accessible to the people. The state law also evolved, eventually becoming what is now known as the Sunshine Act. The earl...
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about 2 months ago
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Editorial: U.S. protection must not end at the border
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Editorial: U.S. protection must not end at the border
On July 30, 2022, Marc Fogel’s name first appeared on this opinion page. It would not be the last. The Butler County native and Pittsburgh resident was a recurring topic in editorials for four y...
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about 2 months ago
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Editorial: Different places, different faces of homelessness
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Editorial: Different places, different faces of homelessness
Homelessness is a problem people often try not to see. There are places where that takes effort. In urban areas, homelessness is more visible — in park encampments and on sidewalks, where people...
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about 2 months ago
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Editorial: Frozen rivers are not playgrounds
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Editorial: Frozen rivers are not playgrounds
Snow days make you want to be out in the stinging wind, feeling the crunch of drifts under your boots, making angels on the lawn and building a fort to fight off your friends with a volley of solidly ...
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about 2 months ago
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Editorial: Reliable funding matters more than generosity
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Editorial: Reliable funding matters more than generosity
Thirty-one years is a long time for any vehicle to remain in service. More than 100,000 miles takes a toll. That is not what you want when lives are on the line. And yet that was the backdrop for a do...
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about 2 months ago
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The US Constitution wasn’t meant to be a relic or a monument. It was designed for change. This series explores how that mechanism was always in the blueprint. Constitution Under Construction: Built for change
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Constitution Under Construction: Built for change
Constitution Under Construction is an ongoing series exploring the history, relevance and importance of amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The Declaration of Independence was never a system of gover...
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about 2 months ago
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Editorial: Why phasing out French is a lesson in local control
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Editorial: Why phasing out French is a lesson in local control
Public education is at the intersection of individual growth and collective responsibility. Schools exist to help students become their best selves while also preparing them to contribute to the econo...
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about 2 months ago
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Body & soul: Familiar comfort foods, thoughtfully balanced
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Body & soul: Familiar comfort foods, thoughtfully balanced
Comfort food is often automatically labeled as indulgent and bad. It’s not fair. How can we hold the food we turn to when we are tired, stressed or craving familiarity responsible for giving us ...
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2 months ago
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Lori Falce: An upside-down approach to public health
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Lori Falce: An upside-down approach to public health
In 1992, the U.S. Department of Agriculture adopted a new way to look at what we eat. The food pyramid already had been in use for decades in Sweden, but now Americans were able to use the handy visua...
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2 months ago
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Editorial: Can we talk? Colleges invest in civil discourse
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Editorial: Can we talk? Colleges invest in civil discourse
Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh are spending nearly $5 million to teach students how to talk to one another. IUP received a $2.29 million federal grant to create a ...
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2 months ago
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Editorial: An airport needs a plan, not a wish
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Editorial: An airport needs a plan, not a wish
Once upon a time, there was a small, regional airport in Westmoreland County. It had steady passenger traffic, popular leisure routes and a loyal base of travelers who appreciated skipping the long dr...
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2 months ago
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Lori Falce: When collateral damage is unwarranted
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Lori Falce: When collateral damage is unwarranted
What is a warrant? There is no single answer. A warrant might be an order for arrest. It could be the piece of paper signed by a governor authorizing an execution. It could be a demand that someone ap...
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2 months ago
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Editorial: Why Macy's can't save a failing mall
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Editorial: Why Macy’s can’t save a failing mall
A pyramid can be the strongest shape humans know how to build. Load-bearing. Enduring. It also can be a scheme — something that looks solid from the top down but collapses when the base proves h...
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2 months ago
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Editorial: What does Pennsylvania's 2026 governor's race tell us?
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Editorial: What does Pennsylvania’s 2026 governor’s race tell us?
If you want a measure of where 2026 will take Pennsylvania politically, this week has been a great yardstick. Gov. Josh Shapiro formally launched his reelection bid with events on opposite ends of the...
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3 months ago
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Lori Falce: Keeping our eyes up after ICE shooting
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Lori Falce: Keeping our eyes up after ICE shooting
On Wednesday, a woman was shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis. Video of the encounter has raised questions about the government’s claim the shooting was ...
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3 months ago
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Zero proof, pure pleasure: Mixing up Dry January mocktails
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Zero proof, pure pleasure: Mixing up Dry January mocktails
It’s a bright, shiny new year full of resolutions and commitments. The tough part is finding ways to match your good intentions with your good taste. If you are looking to avoid sugar, that can ...
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Editorial: Penn State trustees still aren't talking enough in public
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Editorial: Penn State trustees still aren’t talking enough in public
Penn State’s Board of Trustees deserves credit for spending more time in public discussion this year than it has in the recent past. After years in which outcomes often were treated as foregone ...
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3 months ago
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Lori Falce: The convoluted costs of college don't add up
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Lori Falce: The convoluted costs of college don’t add up
There is no shortage of conversation about the high cost of college, and for good reason. State universities today cost more than Harvard did in 1990. Harvard, meanwhile, now runs close to $60,000 a y...
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3 months ago
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Editorial: Preparing for the politics of 2026
3 months ago
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Lori Falce: Is mental illness a crime?
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Lori Falce: Is mental illness a crime?
The news was impossible to ignore. Two people were found dead in their home after a relative contacted police. The loss was profound, the victims beloved in their community. The crime was brutal &mdas...
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3 months ago
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Editorial: Are you naughty or nice?
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Editorial: Are you naughty or nice?
Everyone knows about The List. Santa makes it. He checks it. He checks it again. Are you naughty? Nice? We don’t know. Santa does. The List is why we have elves sitting on shelves. It’s wh...
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3 months ago
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Editorial: Taking political pay raises off autopilot
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Editorial: Taking political pay raises off autopilot
Wouldn’t it be great if your income automatically increased based on the cost of living? Higher food, gas or electricity prices would sting less. Rent increases might still hurt, but not nearly ...
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3 months ago
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Editorial: Religious freedom doesn't stop at the jailhouse door
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Editorial: Religious freedom doesn’t stop at the jailhouse door
In Westmoreland County Prison, the freedom to worship is treated less as a right than a whim. On multiple occasions, prayer or Bible study gatherings have been disrupted by corrections officers. Tim W...
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3 months ago
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