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- Black life, White life, Indiana, Pa. March 1, 2021
- Indiana County’s partly sunny Sunshine Act February 26, 2021
- Partisan fiddling with the franchise February 19, 2021
- Pennsylvania’s bipartisan vote to convict February 14, 2021
- ‘Suppressing people’s rights to make public comments’ February 11, 2021
- Indiana County, community immunity and the infodemic February 2, 2021
- White Township’s whatchamacallit January 29, 2021
- Covid-19 Indiana County updates January 27, 2021
- End of the tunnel: state and local lights January 25, 2021
- Another year in court for Grant Township January 23, 2021
- Stone-throwing in county government’s glass house January 21, 2021
- Who’s accountable for Indiana County’s Covid-19 effort? January 20, 2021
- A local faith community condemns political violence January 17, 2021
- IUP climate scientist: join RGGI for jobs January 15, 2021
- Local GOP committeeman on Trump, insurrection, impeachment January 13, 2021
- The red hats are coming! January 11, 2021
- Reps. Thompson v. Lamb: toss PA electoral votes? January 10, 2021
- Pennsylvania political courage roll call January 6, 2021
- IUP leadership: a D-minus in crisis communication December 31, 2020
- Public health, public safety, public trust December 25, 2020
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Author Archives: David Loomis
Black life, White life, Indiana, Pa.
Q&A: Melvin A. Jenkins By David Loomis INDIANA – On the last day of Black History Month 2021, Melvin Jenkins – a local professor, pastor, politician – discussed the state of local race relations. Dr. Jenkins, 65, a resident of … Continue reading
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Indiana County’s partly sunny Sunshine Act
Opinion By David Loomis INDIANA – Good news: Indiana County commissioners on Wednesday convened a public meeting at which they signaled belated awareness of state law – specifically, Section 710.1(a) of Title 65, the statute governing public participation in the … Continue reading
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Partisan fiddling with the franchise
Opinion By David Loomis INDIANA – Maybe you missed the news last month: “Pennsylvania leads the nation in proposed voter suppression legislation in 2021, with 14 restrictive policy proposals.” (By February, the commonwealth slipped to second place behind Arizona’s 19 … Continue reading
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Pennsylvania’s bipartisan vote to convict
By The HawkEye staff INDIANA — On Feb. 13, Pennsylvania became the only state whose U.S. Senate delegation cast bipartisan votes to convict impeached ex-President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. U.S. Sens. … Continue reading
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‘Suppressing people’s rights to make public comments’
Coronavirus diary By David Loomis INDIANA – Make it three straight for Republican county commissioners. That’s how many consecutive public meetings in which the county board’s two-member majority has exhibited or encouraged – incited — intolerance of viewpoints they dislike. … Continue reading
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Indiana County, community immunity and the infodemic
Coronavirus diary By David Loomis INDIANA – Partisan rancor has been on their unofficial agenda since Indiana County commissioners’ December meeting when they unanimously approved a double-digit tax hike, the largest in memory. At their early-January meeting, the majority Republican … Continue reading
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White Township’s whatchamacallit
Opinion By David Loomis INDIANA – Thank goodness White Township Supervisor Gail L. McCauley clarified that whole debate over White’s Woods, the 250-acre recreational forest that straddles the boundary between the township and neighboring Indiana borough. During supervisors’ Wednesday night … Continue reading
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Covid-19 Indiana County updates
By The HawkEye staff INDIANA — Data published today by The New York Times and by the Pennsylvania Department of Health provide up-to-date information on Covid-19 infections, tests, hospitalizations and deaths in every U.S. county. Following is a visualization of … Continue reading
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End of the tunnel: state and local lights
Coronavirus diary: an opinion By David Loomis INDIANA – For the past year, poor leadership plagued the nation’s pandemic response from the White House to the county courthouse. Trump talked too much but had no plan; Indiana County had a … Continue reading
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Another year in court for Grant Township
By Sara Stewart INDIANA — The latest lawsuit filed against Grant Township wasn’t terribly surprising to the board of supervisors. But it was still exhausting, in a Groundhog Day kind of way. According to the oil and gas company Pennsylvania … Continue reading
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