Lori Falce
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Community engagement editor, TribLive/Tribune-Review. Mom, foodie, Pittsburgh sports enthusiast.
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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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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3 days 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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6 days 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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9 days 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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10 days 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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16 days ago
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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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16 days 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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17 days ago
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Editorial: Preparing for the politics of 2026
18 days 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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24 days 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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26 days 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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27 days 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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29 days ago
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Lori Falce: If you can predict the votes, you're doing it wrong
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Lori Falce: If you can predict the votes, you’re doing it wrong
There are things you can set your watch by, things that are as predictable as sunrise. Your child will look at you like you are speaking Aramaic when you ask if his room is clean. The government might...
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Editorial: Transparency matters on ICE agreement
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Editorial: Transparency matters on ICE agreement
Did Springdale do the right thing in signing an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement without voting publicly or placing it on an agenda? It is hard to say yes, even if you agree wit...
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about 1 month ago
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Editorial: Against the dark of violence, candles provide light
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Editorial: Against the dark of violence, candles provide light
There are certain places in the world that will forever be associated with stunning acts of violence. On Sunday, another pin was placed in that map. At least 15 people were killed when gunfire ripped ...
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about 1 month ago
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Editorial: Oversight starts with receipts but shouldn't stop there
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Editorial: Oversight starts with receipts but shouldn't stop there
When public money is spent, the people deserve to know the ins and outs. It’s encouraging to see Harrisburg lawmakers on this particular bandwagon. The state Senate Intergovernmental Operations ...
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about 1 month ago
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Lori Falce: America needs a bar of soap - and not just for Ralphie
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Lori Falce: America needs a bar of soap — and not just for Ralphie
One of the best moments in one of the best holiday movies of all time is when Ralphie is helping his dad change a tire in “A Christmas Story.” When the hubcap he is holding is jostled, sen...
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about 1 month ago
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Editorial: $3 million moonlighting failure leaves Pittsburgh in the dark
Pittsburgh police have been over budget for years, particularly regarding overtime. Mayor Ed Gainey’s proposed budget all but ignores the cost of overtime in a manner that, frankly, makes no sen...
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about 1 month ago
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Editorial: A child wasn't protected. The law must change
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Editorial: A child wasn't protected. The law must change
Renesmay Eutsey was supposed to be kept safe. That is why she was removed from the care of her mother, Christina Benedetto, in 2019 when she was 3. It’s why she was placed with Benedetto’s...
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about 1 month ago
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Editorial: What's the future of health care independence?
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Editorial: What's the future of health care independence?
In 2022, Excela Health announced a merger with Butler Health System. It was all about taking the two organizations and giving them “the requisite scale to accelerate and elevate its relevancy &#...
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about 1 month ago
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Lori Falce: What is a war crime?
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Lori Falce: What is a war crime?
The history of war is the history of humankind, and it is a lengthy timeline of the most brutal savagery people can visit upon each other. It is a terrible storybook of blood and fire and pain. Armies...
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about 2 months ago
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Editorial: Could AI be the new Twinkie defense?
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Editorial: Could AI be the new Twinkie defense?
People accused of crimes have laid the blame at a variety of doorsteps to excuse — or at least explain — what happened. John Hinckley Jr. said it was the movie “Taxi Driver” an...
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about 2 months ago
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Editorial: School funding, cyber charter oversight are state-created problems
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Editorial: School funding, cyber charter oversight are state-created problems
Education is built on the basics. ABCs become words, then sentences, then books. Counting becomes adding, then long division, then algebra. If you don’t get a good grounding at the primary level...
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about 2 months ago
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Lori Falce: Yinz know the Christmas Star, right?
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Lori Falce: Yinz know the Christmas Star, right?
I am one of those people who doesn’t look at the holidays as a series of individual dates. From Thanksgiving to St. Nicholas Day to Christmas to New Year to Epiphany, each day is a bright light ...
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about 2 months ago
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Editorial: What does Thanksgiving mean to you?
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Editorial: What does Thanksgiving mean to you?
Thanksgiving is not just a day off and a big dinner. We tell ourselves that it is a uniquely American holiday. It may seem like that, the way it is based in our Plymouth Rock origin story. It comes to...
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about 2 months ago
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TribLive Taste Test: Thanksgiving-themed Cup Noodles
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TribLive Taste Test: Thanksgiving-themed Cup Noodles
As those who’ve watched these videos will recall, Thanksgiving has brought us some uniquely horrible opportunities here at the TribLive Taste Test. Witness the apocalyptic horror of Brach’...
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about 2 months ago
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Is mac and cheese a Thanksgiving must?
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Is mac and cheese a Thanksgiving must?
Macaroni and cheese at Thanksgiving — yes or no? For some families, it’s as expected as mashed potatoes or stuffing, a pot of gold beside the turkey. For others, it’s an outlier &mda...
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about 2 months ago
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Editorial: Pennsylvania's CROWN Act protects identities and restores hope
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Editorial: Pennsylvania's CROWN Act protects identities and restores hope
Imagine one of the most defining aspects of who you are. Maybe it’s your eye color or your height. Maybe it’s your name or your blood type or your language. Whatever it is, it’s part...
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about 2 months ago
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Lori Falce: From Nelly Bly to Mary Bruce, women journalists don't tiptoe around
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Lori Falce: From Nelly Bly to Mary Bruce, women journalists don't tiptoe around
Sit still. Be quiet. Don’t ask questions. These are the mantras of a little girl’s childhood. I learned a lot from my grandmother, like how to make chocolate cake and when a tomato is ripe...
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about 2 months ago
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Editorial: Why won't lawmakers consider a gift ban?
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Editorial: Why won't lawmakers consider a gift ban?
Why can’t Pennsylvania just have transparent government? Why is it so hard for the people to know who really is paying for the laws, the lawmakers and the influence? For nine years, March on Har...
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2 months ago
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Editorial: $1 million stolen, no jail time is a betrayal of justice - and police officers
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Editorial: $1 million stolen, no jail time is a betrayal of justice — and police officers
Sometimes when police officers are accused of misconduct, it can be difficult to break through the wall of support — or at the very least, the wall of silence — that surrounds them. To a d...
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2 months ago
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Making Thanksgiving happen: Filling the table despite high prices and tough times
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Making Thanksgiving happen: Filling the table despite high prices and tough times
Food insecurity has been an issue for many Americans since the covid pandemic and the inflation that followed. In 2025, it has escalated amid concerns about tariffs, program cuts, layoffs and the fede...
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2 months ago
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Editorial: What does selling naming rights buy a school?
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Editorial: What does selling naming rights buy a school?
If there’s one thing public schools understand, it’s how to apply math to a word problem. “Jimmy has five apples” and “a train leaves Philadelphia heading east at 30 mile...
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2 months ago
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Lori Falce: Politics, elections and not listening
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Lori Falce: Politics, elections and not listening
Over the last week, cable news and political columns have been thick with criticism of the Republican Party for not paying attention to what voters want. “Last night was a disaster,” U.S. ...
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2 months ago
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Editorial: Pennsylvania's Act 111 does not protect good policing
2 months ago
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Editorial: Pittsburgh's new mayor must be the bridge to what's next
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Editorial: Pittsburgh's new mayor must be the bridge to what's next
Pittsburgh’s mayor needs to be like the city — full of bridges. The mayor has to find a way to cross deep, perilous financial waters. The mayor has to span the chasm between the needs of r...
https://triblive.com/opinion/editorial-pittsburghs-new-mayor-must-be-the-bridge-to-whats-next/
2 months ago
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Editorial: The curse of cross-filing
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Editorial: The curse of cross-filing
Do you even remember a judicial election? In all the time you’ve been a voter — making choices and casting ballots — do you ever recall a campaign for a Pennsylvania judge at any lev...
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2 months ago
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Editorial: Voters chose confidence in election machines
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Editorial: Voters chose confidence in election machines
The voters of Westmoreland County were clear when they showed up at the polls. They picked a side. They made a choice. They went with the voting machines. In September, the county’s Republican c...
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2 months ago
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Lori Falce: Charity begins at home. It cannot end there
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Lori Falce: Charity begins at home. It cannot end there
Charity begins at home. It’s a familiar saying many people erroneously believe comes from the Bible instead of from 17th-century British writer Sir Thomas Browne. But what does Browne’s fa...
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2 months ago
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Editorial: Duty doesn't wait for big election years
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Editorial: Duty doesn't wait for big election years
An old Dutch story tells us the importance of doing what is necessary when duty demands. The Netherlands is a low-lying country prone to flooding. A system of earth and stone embankments makes up the ...
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3 months ago
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Editorial: Two government crises face Pennsylvanians
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Editorial: Two government crises face Pennsylvanians
Pennsylvania is feeling a pinch other states aren’t. Oh sure, everyone is embroiled in the now month-old federal government shutdown. As of Saturday, what started out bad, with federal employees...
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3 months ago
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Penny haul of 70 pounds cashed in with Giant Eagle exchange
Penny for your thoughts? How about 12,350 of them? Rolled, bagged and boxed, that’s how many humble cents my husband and I hauled into Hempfield Square Giant Eagle on Saturday at 10:30 a.m., a h...
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3 months ago
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Lori Falce: I was on SNAP. The real problem is how we judge those who need it
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Lori Falce: I was on SNAP. The real problem is how we judge those who need it
This summer, my son ran a leadership project for his school’s National Honor Society chapter. He targeted food that would help feed children — things kids would like and that they could ac...
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3 months ago
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Editorial: Narduzzi advice is better than NCAA rules on gambling
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Editorial: Narduzzi advice is better than NCAA rules on gambling
Coaches — no matter the sport or the discipline — help make people better at what they do. Voice coaches help turn good singers into stars. Dialect coaches can be the difference between a ...
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3 months ago
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Editorial: Pa. Supreme Court retention is historically brutal fight
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Editorial: Pa. Supreme Court retention is historically brutal fight
People talk a lot about “election years.” When they use that term, they usually mean the presidential elections that roll around every four years. Perhaps they mean the midterms — th...
https://triblive.com/opinion/editorial-pa-supreme-court-retention-is-historically-brutal-fight/
3 months ago
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Editorial: Will promises ever be kept in the Hill District?
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Editorial: Will promises ever be kept in the Hill District?
There was a time in the early part of the 20th century when a handful of Black neighborhoods in America blossomed in a celebration of culture, economy and expression. One of those was Pittsburgh&rsquo...
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3 months ago
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Editorial: The people have a right to know about government settlements
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Editorial: The people have a right to know about government settlements
Legal settlements can be a locked box of information. In September, Reuters reported Tesla settled two cases regarding California crashes involving Autopilot software weeks after a $243 million ...
https://triblive.com/opinion/editorial-the-people-have-a-right-to-know-about-government-settlements/
3 months ago
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Lori Falce: Politics isn't a kids game
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Lori Falce: Politics isn't a kids game
Boys will be boys. Kids will be kids. These are the kinds of statements you often hear from parents. Sometimes they are faintly amused at the actions of their children, squabbling over who is next on ...
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3 months ago
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Editorial: Enough finger-pointing. Pass a budget
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Editorial: Enough finger-pointing. Pass a budget
The Pennsylvania Senate on Monday passed a bill to let winners of large lottery prizes remain anonymous. The bill now moves to the House for consideration. It’s a good idea. The Pennsylvania Lot...
https://triblive.com/opinion/editorial-enough-finger-pointing-pass-a-budget/
3 months ago
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