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standardspeaker.com > 07/27/2026 > eminent-domain-triggers-stress-anxiety-in-sugarloaf-twp

Eminent domain triggers stress, anxiety in Sugarloaf Twp.

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1509+ words) (The Center Square) — The tiny legs of smiling, blue-eyed Gwen Sharkey propel her baby walker about the kitchen floor as her mother wonders about devalued property, electromagnetic fields, and a potential threat to her ‘miracle baby.’ Tiffany and Erik Sharkey…...

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standardspeaker.com > 06/05/2026 > new-chancellor-named-for-penn-state-scranton-wilkes-barre-hazleton

New chancellor named for Penn State Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (243+ words) A Virginia Tech administrator has been tapped to lead Penn State’s Commonwealth Campuses in Northeast Pennsylvania. Menah Pratt will be the regional chancellor for Penn State Hazleton, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, beginning Aug. 1, university officials announced Thursday. She currently serves as…...

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standardspeaker.com > 05/14/2026 > carbon-county-residents-say-unequal-school-tax-is-unfair

Carbon County residents say unequal school tax is unfair

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (827+ words) KLINE TWP. — Carbon County residents said it’s unfair to raise property taxes more for them than for other people in the Hazleton Area School District. Unequal results come from a 1949 formula that the state uses to equalize taxes in school…...

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standardspeaker.com > 04/03/2026 > trump-budget-defense-spending

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5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (16+ words) White House set to release Trump’s budget with major increase in defense spending Hazleton Standard Speaker...

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standardspeaker.com > 12/23/2025 > letter-one-days-headlines-from-trumps-circus

Letter: One day’s headlines from Trump’s ‘circus’

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (318+ words) Editor: It is quite apparent MAGA supporters are the uninformed of America, otherwise how can they still support this administration? In just the news reported on Dec 23, we learn the following: The CBS editor-in-chief is afraid to allow Sharyn Alfonsi,…...

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standardspeaker.com > 11/12/2025 > our-opinion-republicans-now-obligated-to-act-on-health-care

Our Opinion: Republicans now obligated to act on health care

10+ mon, 7+ hour ago   (466+ words) Almost everything that happens in Washington is in part a strategic game played by elected officials to win a measure of favor at the ballot box. Government shutdowns don’t work that way. Paychecks stop getting deposited. Services paid for by…...

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standardspeaker.com > 11/09/2025 > newspaper-applies-shifting-standard-to-shutdowns

Newspaper applies ‘shifting standard’ to shutdowns

10+ mon, 4+ day ago   (373+ words) This becomes confusing when you consider this is the same newspaper that once said the exact opposite. That was the right position then. It was principled, consistent, and responsible. But six years later, when Democrats are the ones withholding votes…...

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standardspeaker.com > 10/29/2025 > david-m-drucker-the-perverse-incentives-fueling-this-long-shutdown

David M. Drucker: The perverse incentives fueling this long shutdown

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (220+ words) “If you aren’t a government worker fretting payless paydays, the shutdown has shown very few impacts on American life,” Republican operative Barret Marson told me. First, let’s attend to the Democrats. “Only pain will push a resolution,” Dane Strother, a…...

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standardspeaker.com > 10/20/2025 > our-opinion-attacks-on-peaceful-protesters-are-wholly-un-american

Our Opinion: Attacks on peaceful protesters are wholly un-American

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (370+ words) In response to more than a handful of those inquiries, Trump’s deputy press secretary Abigail Jackson offered the same two-word comment: “Who cares?” Remarkably, that stood as the administration’s most thought-out response to the protests, the one that it could…...

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standardspeaker.com > 10/13/2025 > lccc-hosts-annual-history-conference-with-focus-on-abolitionists-in-pa

LCCC hosts annual history conference with focus on abolitionists in PA

10+ mon, 4+ week ago   (634+ words) Luzerne County Community College held its 33rd annual Pennsylvania History Conference on Monday. The conference’s theme this year was “Abolitionism in Pennsylvania,” with local educators exploring the role of the Keystone State in the fight to abolish slavery. “This conference and…...