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Guest column: "What's with all these smoke shops?' " How lack of kratom regulation is impacting consumers
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (340+ words) I wrote the above excerpt three years ago. In that time, I have moved to no contact with my loved one and quietly observed the surge of neon signs illuminating smoke shop and gas station windows, as if advertising tattoos…...
The Mercury's Sound Off for Monday, July 6
7+ hour, 17+ min ago (624+ words) The Democratic Leadership in the PA State House forced a Republican Rep. Eric Devanzo to leave the House floor because he was wearing an American Flag suit. In June, Democrats were on the House floor wearing Gay Pride Rainbow colors....
PHOTOS, VIDEO: Independence, revolutionary style at Pottsgrove Manor
7+ hour, 32+ min ago (1117+ words) POTTSTOWN " Soldiers fired flintlocks, the history of revolutionary cannons was explained, and the colonel read the Declaration of Independence to all those assembled. All this and more was to be found at Pottsgrove Manor historic site Sunday, when the ancestral…...
Jerry Shenk: Democratic Party, RIP "
22+ hour, 49+ min ago (544+ words) Your father's Democratic Party is dead. Even the party's most unhinged liberal members of Congress are insufficiently liberal for its activist base. Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the party's radical left wing, is nominating candidates to replace incumbent Democrats in…...
The Mercury's Sound Off for Sunday, July 5
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1043+ words) So the Boyertown School Board passes the budget, increasing it by $8 million, and with taxes, takes in $2 million; how is that balancing the budget? Inquiring minds want to know. A watchdog for the community The Republican Party was started in…...
Bill requiring data center info for emergency responders advances
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (142+ words) HARRISBURG " Legislation that would ensure first responders have the tools they need to respond to potential emergencies at large-scale data centers in their communities was reported out of the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, according to the bill's…...
The Mercury's Sound Off for Saturday, July 4
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (671+ words) Kudos to Senators John Fetterman and Dave Mc Cormick for setting up a booth at the Great American State Fair after little Josh Shapiro refused to participate. I guess Josh was too busy trying to steal his neighbor's land and…...
The Mercury's Sound Off for Friday, July 3
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (677+ words) All these political people running for office tell you how great they will be in office. You can see exactly what they are about when it comes to getting things done. If they worked for a big company, they would…...
Frank Ryan: Don't mask Social Security's problems. Solve them.
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (485+ words) Every few years, Washington rediscovers that Social Security is headed toward a financial crisis. And every few years, the same solutions are proposed: Raise the payroll tax. Lift the payroll tax wage base, currently $184, 500. Increase the retirement age. Reduce future…...
The FBI is directing hundreds of analysts to its probe of Georgia's 2020 presidential election
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (193+ words) By KATE BRUMBACK, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER It said each of them is to conduct a check of an estimated 708 records by July 17. While the memo does not describe the investigation, people familiar with the matter who insisted…...