Editorial: Tyson and the power of civic action

When northeast Kansans discovered that Tyson Foods was planning to build a $320 million chicken processing complex in Tonganoxie, it didn't take long before residents and their neighbors mobilized widespread and fierce opposition to the project. Less than two weeks after the plans were announced, around 2,500 people showed up in Chieftain Park in Tonganoxie to protest the plant's construction.

Editorial: Congress needs a quick fix for CHIP – Fri, 06 Oct 2017 PST

Chalk it up to crisis legislating, which is the new normal on Washington, D.C., where every issue is taken right to the deadline and beyond. Funding expired Sunday for the Children's Health Insurance Program, a program that ensures children in low- to moderate-income families have access to health care.

Seven men charged with illegal re-entry to U.S.

Seven men in Franklin, York counties charged with illegal re-entry to U.S. The men were found in Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin and York counties. Check out this story on publicopiniononline.com: http://ponews.co/2yK3L2w Here are the top stories for Thursday, October 5th: Las Vegas shooter remains a mystery to investigators; Republicans plan budget vote on road to tax overhaul; "The Remains of the Day" author wins Nobel; Diamondbacks victorious in NL Wild Card.

Why the majority doesn’t rule on guns

Why does our political system make it impossible even to consider solutions to gun violence? After the massacre in Las Vegas that has so far taken 58 lives and left more than 500 injured, the first reaction of the many politicians who carry water for the gun lobby was to declare it "premature" to discuss measures to keep guns out of the wrong hands. The "premature" word echoed from President Donald Trump's White House on down, and those who used it were really saying that Congress would never enact even modest efforts to prevent mass shootings.

Immigrant deportations as a humanitarian crisis

The number of illegal immigrants seeking asylum status across the Canadian border north of Plattsburgh will this month likely exceed 4,000, including Haitians whose temporary asylum here following hurricane devastation and epidemic in Haiti is now ending. Immigrant children born in the United States are citizens of this country and may therefore be separated from their families and sent to orphanages in the U.S. as their parents are forced back across the border.

Judge Roy Moore Bolsters Republican Party Credibility

To the dismay of Washington's Republican Senate leadership, Judge Roy Moore crushed Luther Strange in the runoff for the Republican nomination for the open Senate seat in Alabama, outpolling Strange by nine percentage points. The Republican establishment doesn't want their party branded with Moore's hardcore, outspoken Christian fundamentalism.