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2 weeks ago | altoonamirror.com | Byron York

May 20, 2025 Byron YorkAndrews McMeel SyndicateIndiana Republican Sen. Jim Banks has long been an advocate for Vice President JD Vance. Before the 2024 GOP convention, Banks urged President Donald Trump to pick Vance as his running mate.

3 weeks ago | altoonamirror.com | John Finnerty

State leaders blast university for ‘capitulating’ to Trump May 13, 2025 By John Finnerty CapitolWire State and local officials criticized the University of Pennsylvania for “capitulating” to the administration of President Donald Trump by renaming and eliminating references to diversity, equity and inclusion. Penn President J. Larry Jameson was invited to the hearing but did not attend, forcing lawmakers to quiz an empty chair behind a poster of the Penn motto: “Leges Sines Moribus Vanae...

3 weeks ago | altoonamirror.com | John Finnerty

House measure would establish savings program May 13, 2025 By John Finnerty CapitolWire The state House overwhelmingly approved legislation to create a tax-deductible savings program for first-time homebuyers. Money deposited into these accounts can be used for the down payment and closing costs for a single-family home in Pennsylvania. The program would allow individuals to save as much as $50,000 toward the cost of a home. Couples could save as much as $100,000. Would-be homebuyers could...

1 month ago | altoonamirror.com | Ira Kaufman

May 3, 2025 By Ira Kaufman [email protected] I had a simply unbelievable experience at the NFL Draft in Green Bay. From 1992-2015, I went to almost every single NFL draft at Radio City Music Hall, but in 2015 the draft began going to cities around the country. Last year in Detroit was my first non-New York draft. I flew to Green Bay from West Palm through Chicago into the Appleton, Wisconsin Airport. Small town hospitality cannot begin to describe landing in Appleton as the “host...

1 month ago | altoonamirror.com

Sam Rutledge and his wife have a baby due in mid-July, so they thought they had a few more months to research and buy the gear they’ll need. But President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement in early April turned the couple’s slow walk into a sprint. In the past few weeks, they’ve bought two strollers, a […]