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State should act now to reform child welfare financing COMMENTARY Joan L. Benso
NEARLY 20,000 children live in the foster care system in Pennsylvania on any given day because they have been abused or neglected. -
Expanded estate recovery proposal would hurt elderly COMMENTARY Jeffrey A. Marshall
MONEY IS tight in Harrisburg. And tough times can lead to terrible decisions. One example is the governor’s budget proposal to expand estate recovery, which is part of House Bill 1351. -
New law helps consumers hire reputable contractors COMMENTARY Ray Venema
IT’S QUITE possible that journalists are some of the world’s greatest skeptics. One adage, famous among reporters, advises: “If your grandmother says she loves you, check it out!” -
State budget decisions require precarious balancing act COMMENTARY John Sumansky
WITH A new fiscal year fast approaching in Harrisburg, the annual partisan debate about the budget had been surprisingly muted. Unlike recent years, tax opponents could not cry tax and spend, because the administration proposed ta ... -
Current crisis in Iran has roots in an American-made mess in 1953 Commentary John F. Magagna
I FEEL compelled to comment about events unfolding in Iran. As background, I should mention that I was headmaster of an American school in Tehran from 1975 through 1979.
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