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Editorials

Plan helps address region’s housing shortage

We are hopeful about a plan to construct new housing in Hughesville and Wolf Township. Shannon Rossman, director of planning and community development for Lycoming County, offered the Sun-Gazette a thorough explanation for an article in Wednesday’s edition for the proposal and the steps it ...

What other newspapers are saying: Pharmacy benefit practices must be reformed

In 2021, the FDA approved a new insulin drug, Semglee, that was interchangeable with a brand-name insulin called Lantus. Lantus cost $292 for a 30-day supply. Drugmaker Viatris launched two versions of its drug — Semglee cost $269 and a generic version cost $99 for the same amount, according ...

A possible breakthrough in cancer research

“There’s no question we’re missing something,” said Dr. Marwan Fakih, a gastrointestinal oncologist at City of Hope in Duarte, Calif., while lamenting about a cancer mystery that is confounding doctors and other medical researchers. Fakih’s comment was included in an article in the ...

Executive orders sidestep necessity of compromise

Our concerns about the second Trump Administration’s executive actions on immigration are twofold: First, the White House should employ a greater focus on illegal immigration specifically and, second, executive orders violate the principles of our republic. As we noted in our editorials ...

Police officers deserve support, cooperation

We appreciate both the decision by Christopher Kriner to step up as the next chief of police for Lycoming Regional Police Department and his recognition of the importance of community relations and technology in fostering the climate law enforcement needs to better police our ...