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Editorials

Prioritize mental health

Recent editions of The Times Leader have featured a number of articles calling attention to the fact that May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Proclamations have been made, students have heard presentations and activities, such as special walks, have been held with public participation ...

National Police Week

While we often focus on the safety of local communities as a selling point to attract new residents and visitors, it is important to remember the sacrifice of the men and women who work to make that safety possible. This is National Police Week, with Thursday set aside as Peace Officers ...

Cheers & Jeers

CHEERS to news that the MLB reinstated Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Both had been banned after careers tarnished by gambling scandals. JEERS to the fact that fire destroyed a Bellaire business, Devendra’s Auto, on Monday. ...

Endorsement too early

Ohio Republicans jumped the gun in what some news outlets are reporting as one of the earliest gubernatorial endorsements in the party’s history. Last week, the state GOP announced its endorsement of Vivek Ramaswamy, former co-chair of the federal Department of Government Efficiency, nearly a ...

Thank local police officers

Ahead of this National Police Week, law enforcement officers across the state traveled through their communities as part of Operation Blue Sky. It was a recognition of officers serving now AND those who have sacrificed their lives while protecting the rest of us. It is a local reflection of a ...

Shore up, don’t slash, Medicaid

Elected officials across the country are bracing for proposed cuts to Medicaid as the federal government looks to change the way it spends taxpayer dollars. According to a report by The Commonwealth Fund, Ohio is among the five states that would see the greatest economic losses from cuts to ...