The nearly 900,000 people who have purchased a general hunting license in Pennsylvania know this, but the rest of us who don’t hunt probably should know it as well.

Videotape of a babyfaced Kyle Rittenhouse, then 17, walking around a protest in August 2020 in Kenosha, Wis., with an AR-15-style rifle should have evoked a question from any reasonable person.

Truth matters.

Pennsylvania taxpayers will foot the bill — at least $270,000 — to investigate the 2020 election results in the commonwealth. The “forensic audit” will show that President Joe Biden won, as did all the other audits counties and the state did in the wake of the election.

They are simple ideas: Pay big companies to not pollute. Pay farmers to plant cover crops or do no-till, thus reducing the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere when carbon-laden soil is plowed.

It’s easy at this time of year to be captivated by the expensive commercials that lure us into believing all of our holiday wishes will come true if we just spend all of our money at the big corporate box store in our community.

Some people might believe that what is to follow in this editorial would be positioned better on a sports page rather than an opinion page. After all, the editorial deals with a sports-related incident.

With secrecy and uncertainty surrounding the supply of lethal injection drugs, executions have become little more than ghastly experiments. The last one came three weeks ago, when the state of Oklahoma executed John Marion Grant, 60, for the murder of a prison cafeteria worker.

Every politician that has visited The Daily Item’s editorial board — and editorial boards across the nation — touts infrastructure as a bipartisan issue, something everybody can get behind.

It’s getting a little cooler, but before we drift into winter’s deep freeze, there is still some time to squeeze in a little volunteer work that has tremendous and immediate benefits for our local environment.

Perhaps the saddest aspect of the sexual assault scandal that has cast a pall over the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks in recent weeks is the familiarity of it all, coming after predators such as Larry Nassar, Jerry Sandusky and Richard Strauss were similarly allowed to make young athletes their victims under a culture of impunity.

Ten years ago, Pennsylvania was in a state of turmoil.

It’s time to end our habit of “springing forward” and “falling back” twice a year, which has been blamed for everything from seasonal depression to robberies.

A Texas lawmaker just did a lot of authors a solid favor.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt ought to heed the state Pardon and Parole board and spare the life of 41-year-old Julius Jones, scheduled to die Nov. 18.

The following editorial appeared in the York Daily Record. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Tribune-Democrat.

We all should be paying attention to what happened in the Georgia jury selection in the Ahmaud Arbery case.

The U.S. Postal Service was long a bright spot in the federal government, flourishing no matter which party was in office. It was an institution that could be relied upon and respected.

Unruly passengers objecting to masking rules and other restrictions aren’t the only ones disrupting flights — misbehaving airlines are also causing travel chaos.

By the end of this week, COVID-19 vaccines will likely be going into the arms of children ages 5-11. When it happens — and it will happen rather quickly considering the news that kid-size doses have already been shipped ahead of the expected Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approval — it will mark another significant step forward in the pandemic.

It’s no secret that the embattled newspaper industry constantly strives to get new readers. Doing so is tantamount to survival.

Given the penchant of Mayor Kimberly Doss for embarrassing herself and her city, she would serve the people of Farrell best by focusing on her job, not how reporters do theirs. It’s time for her to stop big-timing it and tackle the issues that matter, instead of stressing about The Herald’s …

Glasgow is the moment to go big on climate change. But Biden is stymied by Congress

They will be stepping out tonight and throughout the weekend.

What exactly is Facebook trying to hide? There are just so many options to choose from.

The tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchens on a film set in New Mexico this past Thursday is a stark reminder of the vital safety responsibilities held by anyone who owns or handles guns.

Boston is one of the few major cities in the U.S. in which violent crime dropped in 2021, and the decline was dramatic. The most startling statistic was the decrease in homicide, which fell by nearly a third.

It only came after an FBI investigation, subpoenas from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and sustained criticism about a lack of transparency from some of its own board members, but the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) has finally agreed to change o…

The culture of Harrisburg would be best described as “clubby.”

Give credit to Mercer County District Attorney Peter C. Acker for making a strong statement this week on open government and complying with Pennsylvania’s Sunshine Act.

For more than a year, Pennsylvanians — from school boards to business owners to citizens and elected officials — have regularly pushed Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration for more data and information regarding COVID-19 and its spread across the state.

As jury selection begins in the Ahmaud Arbery case, it is a stark reminder of the state of race relations in Georgia and across the nation.

Redemption adds to the social good and furthers civil society, and a plan by the Blue Earth County Attorney’s Office to expunge criminal records for minor offenses will fortify both of those tenets.

The Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex along the Ohio River in Potter Township, Beaver County, is a marvel. For the first time in decades, the Pittsburgh region is hosting a new industrial facility of a scale and complexity that inspires genuine wonder. Children and adults alike are m…

The following comments were among the more than 30 posted to The News’ Facebook page in response to a Tuesday story headlined “Popovich, Miller plead guilty, sentenced in teen homicides.” Caden Popovich will serve an aggregate of 16 to 35 years and Dohnavin Miller 14 to 28 years in state cor…

State Rep. Chris Rabb definitely got our attention. Is he serious about forcing men over 40 or with three kids to get vasectomies?

Before Republican state lawmakers launch a fishing expedition at taxpayers’ expense through data that may contain sensitive personal information in their effort to identify Pennsylvania voters who may have cast “illegal” ballots in the previous two elections, they should consult ERIC.