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Is it acceptable to bring an iced coffee to a job interview? This seemingly mundane question has somehow consumed various corners of the internet, taking over social medi...
October 13, 2026 Other Voices
When I was sworn in for my latest term in 2025, my team and I immediately hit the ground running. There was no time to waste: the 2017 tax cuts that spurred the greatest ...
October 13, 2026 Other Voices
I’m not a career politician. I’m an Army veteran, engineer, former union member, dad to four girls, youth hockey coach, and Western Pennsylvanian. I started working as a ...
October 13, 2026 Other Voices
In the mid-1990s, Pennsylvania was plagued with inefficient power generation, soaring prices and rolling blackouts. Electric rates were 15% higher than the national avera...
October 12, 2026 Other Voices
When someone in a position of power moves to punish or shut out independent reporting, it's often viewed as another media story — an argument between politicians and jour...
October 02, 2026 Other Voices
President Donald Trump won a surprising number of Gen Z voters in 2024, with a particularly strong performance among young men. Although Kamala Harris still won a majorit...
September 25, 2026 Other Voices
Trade talks between the U.S. and Canada broke down at the last minute late last month. Apart from the tariffs President Donald Trump announced and which were matched by C...
September 23, 2026 Other Voices
As Pennsylvania looks to expand its technology infrastructure, data centers are becoming part of the conversation about economic development, electricity demand and land ...
September 18, 2026 Other Voices
Politics nerds have many ideas about how to strengthen American democracy. However, few directly address silent elections. For example, ranked-choice voting does nothing ...
September 16, 2026 Other Voices
The attacks on Hugging Face ran from May to late July, yet the details of what actually happened when OpenAI’s artificial-intelligence agents deceived their human oversee...
September 14, 2026 Other Voices
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