Community Letters
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Letters: Gas Prices Explained; Dictatorial Scheme; Is This Supporting Veterans?; Fix Monument Now
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Gas Prices Explained Government can impact gas prices. For example, in Pennsylvania, the Oil Company Franchise Tax and the Liquid Fuels Tax add $0.576 per gallon to the price of […]
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Letters: Pa. Needs Better Education Funding; Climate Change Security Risk; Voter Suppression; Will PSU Leaders Speak Out on Casino?
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Education Funding Needed in Pa. Throughout my career working with educators, I’ve seen a worrying trend: many schools are unable to afford both critical repairs to infrastructure and basic supplies […]
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Letters: Democracy Starts with Us; Benninghoff’s Blame Game; False Narrative of Business Tax Reductions
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‘Democracy Starts with Us’ The Pennsylvania legislature is among the largest and highest paid in the country. Unfortunately, democracy is not measured by how many state and federal representatives we […]
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Letters: What’s PSU’s Position on Casino?; Exclude No One from Human Rights; GT’s Political ‘Nonsense’
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An Open Letter to Penn State President Eric Barron Dear President Barron, I am writing today to urge you to integrate college gambling education and prevention efforts into existing Penn […]
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Letters: Pa. Senate Districts Make No Sense; Toomey’s ‘Charade’; Casino a Bad Example; Be Honest About Corporate Taxes; ‘Useful Idiots’
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Senate District Borders Make No Sense Think about it… there was a time when all of Centre, Clearfield and Clinton counties were part of the same state Senate district. That […]
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Letters: Don’t Let Mall Casino Further Pa.’s Gambling Addiction; Bypassing Normal Government Processes; Flushing Democracy
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Pennsylvania Is Addicted to Gambling Last Sunday’s Super Bowl set a record with Americans wagering nearly $8 billion on the game. This dramatic increase is a direct result of the legalization […]
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Letters: Fix the Fundamentals, Penn State; Unhappy with Centre County Representatives
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Fix the Fundamentals, Penn State Dear Penn State Trustees, Considering proposals at this year’s first Board of Trustees meeting on Feb. 17-18 to raise room and board? Don’t. Please do […]
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Letters: Remember Infrastructure Votes; Safely Store Firearms; Hats Off to Patton Township Supervisors
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Remember Infrastructure Bill Votes Congressmen Fred Keller and Glenn Thompson and most of the rest of the Republican Caucus proudly voted against last year’s bipartisan infrastructure bill, even while knowing […]
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Letter: Would a Casino Bring Problem Gambling to Happy Valley?
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Have you seen many local college students playing those PA Skills Machines at local convenience stores? Probably not. That’s surprising since the minimum age to play those machines is just […]
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Letters: What’s the Hold Up on Gift Ban for Pa. Legislators?; Not Falling for ‘Alternative Facts’
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Kerry Benninghoff, Pennsylvania’s House Majority Leader, is now the only person standing in the way of the bipartisan and extremely popular gift ban bill for our legislators. This important anti-corruption measure […]