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“Income inequality is the defining challenge of our times” – Barack Obama According to the Pew Research Center, 8-in-10 registered voters say the economy will be very important to their vote in the 2024 presidential election. The state of the economy and inflation are the centerpiece ...

Politicians often speak out against higher taxes, grocery bills, or utility rates, promising to work hard in office to prevent you from paying more. However, there is one notable exception: how much you pay for natural gas. You probably won’t hear statements praising the idea of making ...

My love of politics and government started when I was at Washington High School in the 1970s. A teacher encouraged me to get involved in politics, so I ran and won a position as local Republican committeeman at the age of 18. I stayed involved with Republican politics in college and it led ...

OP-ED: Life lessons learned on the playground

Some of my fondest recollections of growing up in Uniontown center around recess and going to the city playgrounds. So many important life lessons were learned there. I played Foursquare at recess, carefully following the rules of the game. When you reached Square A, the highest ...

Pat McDonnell’s recent op-ed, “Why politicians want you to pay more for natural gas,” is wrought with anti-gas rhetoric but is devoid of any facts. For activist groups paid to oppose our industry, this is the inconvenient truth about natural gas development: the American shale ...

OP-ED: What truly makes America incredible

I had a grandad Jacob and a granddad Jacobs. Okay, well, Jacob was one’s first name and Jacobs another’s last. It wasn’t the real last name. That was Iacoboni, but Americanized Iacoboni became Jacobs. My Italian family tree took us back to a little, beautiful village in Italy in the ...