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triblive.com > opinion > letter-to-the-editor-tax-dollars-for-cyber-schools

Letter to the editor: Tax dollars for cyber schools

9+ hour, 55+ min ago   (323+ words) In his op-ed “Public schools mean all public schools” (Sept. 23, TribLive), Marcus Hite tries to compare cyber charter schools to public schools, even though they hardly behave as public schools. Charter school boards are selected, not elected. Unelected parents use…...


triblive.com > opinion > letter-to-the-editor-we-cant-fall-behind-on-data-centers

Letter to the editor: We can’t fall behind on data centers

8+ hour, 55+ min ago   (259+ words) Data centers are the new focus by Democrats for dividing America, forcing Americans to take sides on artificial intelligence and data centers while nothing gets accomplished and China moves forward. History is a great teacher if you learn its lessons…...


triblive.com > opinion > letter-to-the-editor-hempfield-should-take-humane-approach-to-cats

Letter to the editor: Hempfield should take humane approach to cats

7+ hour, 55+ min ago   (206+ words) Shame on the people of Hempfield. They are sentencing feral cats to death by starvation, a truly horrible way to die. Instead of making it illegal to feed feral (homeless) cats, they could have put a TNR (trap, neuter, return)…...


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Bethlehem posts update on zoning reversal

3+ hour, 55+ min ago   (226+ words) DELMAR- On October 2, the town of Bethlehem posted an update on the proposed zoning modifications with a document reflecting the necessary changes to leave Residential A and Residential B zoning districts back to the current zoning code regulations. At that…...


triblive.com > opinion > letter-to-the-editor-democrats-wont-get-past-trump-hate

Letter to the editor: Democrats won’t get past Trump hate

12+ hour, 55+ min ago   (318+ words) I can’t remember why I left the Republican Party in 1989 to become an independent, but I do remember why I quit the Democrat Party 10 years earlier. I just couldn’t take anymore of what the Carter administration was doing in the…...


cityandstateny.com > opinion > 2026 > 10 > opinion-quiet-whitewashing-history-bowling-green > 416544

Opinion: The quiet whitewashing of history at Bowling Green

8+ hour, 50+ min ago   (454+ words) But inside the U.S. Custom House at Bowling Green, the New York branch of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is being quietly whitewashed. For over twenty years, I climbed those steps to find sanctuary. It also became a…...


triblive.com > opinion > s-e-cupp-trumps-obsessions-help-bury-gop-chances

S.E. Cupp: Trump’s obsessions help bury GOP chances

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (598+ words) Maine Sen. Susan Collins is facing one of the toughest reelection battles of her lifetime. And at Tuesday night’s debate, she was clearly on the defensive. This race should not have been this competitive. Collins has held this seat for…...


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Pa. lawmaker returned to Harrisburg bar after slurs, getting kicked out, witnesses say

21+ hour, 38+ min ago   (23+ words) HARRISBURG —Tensions are high at the Pennsylvania Capitol with elections about three weeks away. Add to that allegations of a state House Republican......


cityandstateny.com > opinion > 2026 > 10 > opinion-we-need-transformative-responses-sexual-violence > 416524

Opinion: We need transformative responses to sexual violence

19+ hour, 5+ min ago   (488+ words) Demonstrators holds signs at a Women’s March protest on Oct. 8, 2026. Alex Wroblewski / AFP via Getty Images By Jessica González-Rojas and Christian Celeste Tate According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 30.2% of women and 12.8% of men in New York…...


cityandstateny.com > policy > 2026 > 10 > goo-goos-press-mamdani-take-action-corruption > 416450

Goo-goos press Mamdani to take action on corruption

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (287+ words) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned on sweeping out the dust of corruption from the Adams administration. But government reform groups like Citizens Union and Reinvent Albany are worried the mayor left the windows open – and think he isn’t…...