Paul Muschick
The Morning Call
Allentown, PA, United States
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Paul Muschick: The Lehigh Valley has a lot to be proud of. Here’s more to add to the list.
Student newspapers The Stinger at Emmaus High School and The Brown and White at Lehigh University recently won top awards from the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association. → Read More
Paul Muschick: How an 8-year-old girl saved her mom, and what all parents should learn from her heroism
Allie Templeton, 8, was recognized by police and her school for calling 911 when her mother was having a seizure. She also took care of her infant brother during the emergency. → Read More
Paul Muschick: Why weren’t Pa. House rules on sexual harassment expanded sooner?
State House Republicans criticized Democrats for being slow to expand parameters for sexual harassment claims. But the GOP hadn't done anything when it was in charge, either. → Read More
Paul Muschick: Would money motivate Pennsylvania businesses to move to a four-day work week? We could soon find out
Pennsylvania lawmakers say they will introduce legislation that would provide a state tax break to employers that implement a four-day work week for their staff. → Read More
Paul Muschick: How to end the legislative standoff over child sex victim lawsuits
Pennsylvania lawmakers must negotiate a compromise to give long-ago child victims of sex abuse a chance to seek justice. → Read More
Paul Muschick: Readers react to support for Satan Club’s rights – ‘What now? Do we let skinhead Neo-Nazi clubs in?’
Here’s what readers said about Paul Muschick’s column supporting the right of the After School Satan Club to meet at Saucon Valley Middle School. → Read More
Paul Muschick: It sounds scary, but here’s why you should support Satan Club meeting at a Lehigh Valley school
Saucon Valley School District allowing After School Satan Club to use district facilities. → Read More
Paul Muschick: How does a four-day work week sound?
Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk floated the idea of city employees working four days a week instead of five to create a better work-life balance and make it easier to hire and retain staff. → Read More
Paul Muschick: John Fetterman is being a leader by publicizing his depression
John Fetterman’s public acknowledgement that he suffers from depression and needs professional treatment could be his most significant accomplishment as a U.S. senator. → Read More
Paul Muschick: Should Pennsylvania have a death penalty? Yes, despite Gov. Shapiro’s objections
Gov. Josh Shapiro says Pennsylvania should abolish the death penalty. → Read More
Paul Muschick: Homemade guns are becoming a bigger problem. Here’s how to solve it
The ATF recently released the most-expansive federal report on guns and crime in more than 20 years. → Read More
Paul Muschick: Aging and disabled veterans can tap a new program to help them keep up their homes
Eligible veterans and surviving spouses can get the outside of their homes painted for free by the Brush-up Our Veterans program at the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce. → Read More
Paul Muschick: Saved from the wrecking ball, Tamaqua train station gets national accolade
The Tamaqua train station will be featured on a new series of stamps honoring America’s rail history. → Read More
Paul Muschick: Pennsylvania’s school funding is unconstitutional. Here are five ways to fix it
Dumping more cash into schools isn’t the full answer to solving Pennsylvania’s unconstitutional school funding system. There are other ways to reduce inequities. → Read More
Paul Muschick: Pennsylvania’s Legislature is dysfunctional. Here’s how to fix it
The Pa. Legislature should change operating rules to ensure bills with bipartisan support get a vote, and to reduce the power of individual lawmakers. → Read More
Paul Muschick: Burned by PPL billing problem? Let state regulators know about it
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission wants to hear from people who got outrageously high bills from PPL or who had problems reaching PPL customer service. → Read More
Paul Muschick: Prompt disclosure of Dieruff High School gun arrest shows officials learned from previous mistake
Allentown police promptly disclosed the arrest of an armed student at Dieruff High School, unlike what happened after a similar arrest last year at Allen High School. → Read More
Paul Muschick: Why are cyber charter schools banking tax dollars intended to educate students?
Pennsylvania's cyber charter schools more than doubled their fund balances, banking money that is intended to be used to educate children. → Read More
Paul Muschick: Are you angry yet? It’s time for Pa. taxpayers to demand property tax relief
Column: Pennsylvania residents need to demand that something is done about school property taxes in Pennsylvania? → Read More
Paul Muschick: How many guns were found at Lehigh Valley airport last year? The answer may surprise you
Column: More people were caught with guns at airports last year. How did LVIA fare? → Read More