I’m curious to understand the logic of the letter writer from Zachary on Oct. 11, blaming the Republicans for the shutdown. The Republican House voted to keep the government open with a narrow ...

Re: “Vote no on Measure A sales tax hike” (Page A12, Oct. 19). Has the Mercury News gone crazy? I read the editorial, and it’s hard to believe that the liberal Mercury News opposes a tax increase.

Who’s pulling the strings in Boulder council races? Boulder voters deserve transparency about who supports our City Council candidates and what those endorsements imply about their priorities. In 2021 ...

I'm not attending the Oct. 18 No Kings protest. Not because I don't support (protest against) the numerous abuses of governmental overreach and abuse that I've seen the Trump administration commit, ...

Minister Song Mi-ryeong urges kimchi industry to stabilize cabbage supply in Korea Minister Song Mi-ryeong visited the kimchi processing company Domisol Foods in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, on the 12th ...

Contrary to the opinions of Westmoreland County Commissioners Sean Kertes and Doug Chew, the county is woefully out of step compared with practices in other Southwestern Pennsylvania counties ...

Plateau State government has dissociated itself from an open letter purportedly written and addressed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by a group known as the Plateau United Front (PUF), and signed by ...

Students leave Vista Ridge High School, a District 49 school, at the end of a December day. Last year preliminary numbers from their October student counts that showed decreases in student enrollment ...

Loree and I are headed to India for seven weeks later this month. (We have a house sitter, or I would be reluctant to announce this publicly.) Who knew when planning this trip, that there would be an ...

Kitsap County’s August 2025 primary had a voter turnout of just 28.68%, revealing a serious problem in our democracy. Many skip local elections, thinking their vote doesn’t matter, but the ...