On data centers, officials need to read the room
Lackawanna County Commissioner Bill Gaughan delivered the first stump speech of his presumed 2027 reelection campaign on Wednesday…
Momentum builds against data centers
In any contest of wills, momentum matters. The more consistently one side imposes its will upon the other…
Message to Harrisburg Democrats: It’s the spending, stupid
By Kevin Kane Commonwealth Foundation Every year Pennsylvanians hear the same warning from lawmakers in Harrisburg: “The state…
Data centers bring ‘up da line’ down to Scranton
Our shared regional backyard got bigger Thursday night. Dozens of Ransom Twp. homeowners and residents of neighboring communities…
School choice options in Pennsylvania
By Andrew Campanella National School Choice Awareness Foundation All children learn differently, and what may be a great…
Allemaengel 250 – Five Townships, Two Counties
Note: In the months leading up to the April 11 celebration of our Nation’s 250 anniversary at the…
How schools can help fight hunger
By Dr. Christy Haller Exeter Township School District Schools are often seen as places where students come to…
Data centers call for hawks, not canaries
Emilia Doda could comfortably be characterized as a “canary in the coal mine” of AI data center development.…
Pennsylvania senator outlines plan for 2026
By Sen. Tracy Pennycuick 24th District The start of a new year is always a moment for reflection…
DEP hearing exposes gravity of data center speculation
Tuesday’s state Department of Environmental Protection hearing on “Project Gravity” was billed as an opportunity for the public…
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The Blizzard of ’96 [Opinion]
You may remember the “Blizzard of 1996.” If you don’t — perhaps you were too young or not…
Gaughan, Welby and Chermak prove ‘Three’s a Crowd’
Even those too young to remember when programming was monopolized by three major corporate networks are at least…