TribLive stories, Page 37

Regarding the article “Struggling Pittsburgh Regional Transit proposes fare hike, ‘brutal’ service cuts” (March 20, TribLive): I have not used this service, as I haven’t needed public transportation into the city. I know there are extenuating circumstances requiring cuts in public transit. I think that with an almost 40% cut...

When I was in graduate school, I had a professor who was a former Jesuit priest who became a professor emeritus of public administration at Virginia Tech. John A. Rohr wrote a textbook that I studied under his guidance. In “To Run a Constitution: The Legitimacy of the Administrative State”...

Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Harlem Wizards hoops team...

Adapted from an anonymous source: I do not support: • Lowering taxes on the 1% and successful large corporations, resulting in an explosion of the national debt and harming the average American. • Privatizing Medicare, the post office and education or cutting Social Security and Medicaid. • Weakening and demolishing...

Editorial cartoons for the week of March 24....

Allentown officials announced charges Monday against a city employee, alleging that she made a false police report and tampered with evidence after reporting she found a noose on her desk in January. LaTarsha Brown, who works for the city’s community and economic development department, faces charges of making false reports,...

A fire chief in Berks County has been arrested and suspended after police said he dropped his three-month-old daughter and fractured her skull. Falls Township Fire Chief Brian Salt, 36, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated assault after police said he admitted to intentionally letting...

A luncheon in celebration of female veterans and service members, including members of the Pennsylvania National Guard and the Armed Forces reserves, will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Greensburg YWCA, 424 N. Main St. The luncheon is being held in conjunction with Women’s History...

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG — Power plant operators, gambling magnates, charter school backers, and trade unions are among the interests that gave almost $18 million to Pennsylvania’s top...

Comedian Rosie O’Donnell revealed she wrote an apology letter to Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin after her name came up during his meeting with President Donald Trump in the White House. O’Donnell, 63, moved to Ireland after Trump was reelected as president. The two have famously feuded for years. During...

I am an American without any Ukrainian heritage. So I have no “ethnic” bias at play here. What I write below is based on 28 years of experience working in Ukraine. I have made 60 trips to the region since 1997, including four since the war began. I have visited...

Last year, Southmoreland’s boys basketball team finished 5-5 in Section 3-4A, losing in the first round of the playoffs to Montour. This season, down a class and hungry to make a mark in Section 4-3A, the Scotties were dominant, finishing undefeated at 10-0 in section play and 18-8 overall. Despite...

Talk with Justin Turcovski, and it quickly becomes clear that he is a thoughtful, quiet young man of great faith. So when asked about an injury he suffered during his sophomore season with the Pitt-Johnstown baseball team, Turcovski looked at it simply as part of a larger plan from a...

Madison Gardner appeared to be on her way to a stellar freshman season with the Pitt-Greensburg softball team last spring when disaster struck. The Bobcats were playing their first (technically) home doubleheader of 2024 on March 24 at Seton Hill. Late in the second game against Kenyon, a shallow pop...

At this time, Republicans control the Senate, the House of Representatives, a majority of state governors, a majority of the Supreme Court picks and of course the presidency. The last time this happened was in 1928 … and we know what happened in 1929. Richard Graham Sheraden...

Since the beginning of our democracy, the freedom of journalists has been respected and appreciated as fundamental to our personal freedoms. I have just read the most recent edition of the Trib from my comfortable location in Spain, where we enjoy a wide range of newspapers, broadcasters and web-based journalism...

Plum plans annual cleanup day Volunteer registrations for Plum’s annual cleanup day are due by noon on April 4. The eighth annual event will be held April 19. Individuals, families, church and scout groups, athletic teams, homeowners associations, clubs and businesses are all encouraged to participate in cleaning up the...

Fish fries St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin, 5200 Greenbridge Drive, Whitehall, is holding fish fries from 4-7 p.m. March 28, April 4 and 11. St. Valentine, 2710 Ohio St., Bethel Park, is holding fish fries from 4:30-7 p.m. March 28, April 4 and 11. Menus and more information for...

South Hills senior softball league The South Hills Senior Softball league, which has been organizing games for players 55 and up for more than 30 years, is seeking new players as it prepares for its 2025 season. Games are played on weekday evenings at various South Hills fields — in...

Scott Easter egg hunt on tap An Easter egg hunt and basket auction in Scott aims to help pediatric genetic therapy research. The event is scheduled for 11 a.m. April 5 at Scott Township park, 2 Park Drive. Designated hunt times are 11:30 a.m. for children 3 and younger; 11:45...

If you think President Trump and Elon Musk will be riding off into the sunset in four years, I think you are sadly mistaken. The chaos that has begun and which will surely continue may last until Trump dies in office. He may live to be 102. That’s five more...

It’s been five years since the world came to a sudden halt. Outbreaks of a deadly coronavirus — first in China, then in Italy and Iran, and then seemingly everywhere at once — prompted the World Health Organization to declare the virus a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, bringing...

The recent bull-riding event at PPG Paints Arena showed to me a total lack of regard for the animals forced into it, as well as Pittsburghers who voted against cruel rodeos 32 years ago. In a sickening irony, the ban was enacted all those years ago after a bull broke...

Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Local food shuttle available...

The casualties of ongoing federal funding cuts are not just faraway bureaucrats — we are losing programs that are so fundamental to our community life that we have come to take them for granted. The EPA, for example, is charged with stewardship of our air and water. It delegates some...