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Farm leaders applaud state’s aggressive action against avian flu

HARRISBURG -- Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-Pa.) took the threat of avian flu head-on at a town hall at the 109th annual Pennsylvania Farm Show, saying that as highly pathogenic avian influenza spreads to dairy in other states, his administration would remain proactive and aggressive in establishing a ...

New year, new taxes in Pennsylvania

The new year is always a great opportunity to shed vices like smoking and binge eating. For state and local lawmakers, their guilty pleasure tends to involve overspending and sticking taxpayers with the bill. If Pennsylvania lawmakers thought to quit this dirty habit in 2025, they are off to a ...

President Carter’s legacy was hardly positive

Jimmy Carter was the 39th President of the United States who held office from 1977 to 1981. His four years were a tumultuous failure. High prices, Iran’s holding of American hostages, a devastated economy, and a bungling foreign policy characterized the President’s term. The President may ...

Vaccines are still our best protection against infection

With the coming of a new year—and a new administration—there have been unsettling indications that some long-standing public health policies and evidence-based healthcare recommendations may be weakened or abandoned altogether by newly appointed directors of major federal departments ...

Slowdown likely without policy shifts

The Federal Reserve lowered the target for the federal funds rate by another quarter point last week while signaling fewer rate cuts in 2025 than previously anticipated. This approach aligns with the Fed’s dual mandate to promote price stability and support the labor market. Headline ...

Shapiro’s ‘fast-track’ great for his allies, but bad for state

Is Josh Shapiro the future of the Democratic Party? He certainly wants to be, but he just failed an early test. This is the reality of the supposed permitting reform that our governor unveiled in November. Shapiro created a “fast track” program to get bureaucratic roadblocks out of the ...