Lori Falce

@lorifalce

Community Engagement Editor for Trib Total Media. Because the news is just the start of the conversation.

Pennsylvania

Joined August 2009

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Lori Falce@lorifalce · 23 h

Editorial: What happens to nursing homes if Medicaid takes a hit? (Via TribLive) triblive.com/opinion/editor…

lorifalce's tweet card. The total population of senior citizens is 55.8 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Of that, 1.3 million are in nursing homes. That’s about 2.3%. Maybe that doesn’t seem like a lot, but the...

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Lori Falce@lorifalce · Jul 19

Editorial: Was McCormick event at Carnegie museum political? (Via TribLive) triblive.com/opinion/editor…

lorifalce's tweet card. When is a political event not a political event? When everything is very carefully phrased. On Tuesday, Pittsburgh sat at the intersection of politics and money. Carnegie Mellon University was the...

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Lori Falce@lorifalce · Jul 18

Lori Falce: Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump and the unexpected consequences of encouraging supporters (Via TribLive) triblive.com/opinion/lori-f…

lorifalce's tweet card. When my sister was in second grade, we went to church on a Friday morning for her first confession. The church was huge, with an echoing quality amplified by its tomblike silence. One by one, the...

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Lori Falce@lorifalce · Jul 16

There is a Bella-shaped hole in the world. Editorial: The impact of Bella Seachrist's death (Via TribLive) triblive.com/opinion/editor…

lorifalce's tweet card. Bella Seachrist never had a chance. Bella missed an opportunity for simply living. She was just 3 years old — almost 4 — when she died, slowly, of starvation. Poverty will do that to a child. That...

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Lori Falce@lorifalce · Jul 13

Editorial: Prediction, prevention are critical to natural disaster response (Via TribLive) triblive.com/opinion/editor…

lorifalce's tweet card. Rising waters threatened. Alerts were issued. Girl Scouts were evacuated. It might sound like the story of the flash floods in Texas, where 27 people were killed at a Christian girls camp by the...

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Lori Falce@lorifalce · Jul 12

Editorial: Should Pennsylvania eliminate sales tax exemptions? (Via TribLive) triblive.com/opinion/editor…

lorifalce's tweet card. When government needs more money, it has a few options. There are fees: a cost for a driver’s license or a hunting license or a copy of your birth certificate. There are fines, although this should...

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Lori Falce@lorifalce · Jul 11

Lori Falce: The lessons of Abraham Lincoln and a house divided (Via TribLive) triblive.com/opinion/lori-f…

lorifalce's tweet card. In 1858, after winning the Republican nomination for the Senate against incumbent Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech that has stood the test of time because of the truth it laid plain...

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Lori Falce@lorifalce · Jul 10

Editorial: Questioning how funds are spent is how oversight works (Via TribLive) triblive.com/opinion/editor…

lorifalce's tweet card. Oversight is important. One function of government is to decide how money is spent. Whether it’s the state, a municipality or a school board, government agencies take in tax money, grants or pass-t...

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Lori Falce@lorifalce · Jul 9

Editorial: Less-than-lethal weapons are good move but still require restraint (Via TribLive) triblive.com/opinion/editor…

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Lori Falce@lorifalce · Jul 6

Editorial: Giant Eagle might be just what the doctor ordered for pharmacy problems (Via TribLive) triblive.com/opinion/editor…

lorifalce's tweet card. Are grocery stores the key to fighting back against the high cost of prescription drugs? In recent years, drugstores have been caught between a rock and a hard place. The rock is Medicare and...

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Lori Falce@lorifalce · Jul 5

Editorial: What's happening with police on the South Side? (Via TribLive) triblive.com/opinion/editor…

lorifalce's tweet card. In June 2024, a TribLive reporter and a photographer spent a night walking on Pittsburgh’s South Side. They were documenting the crime and general atmosphere. It had been almost a year since Pittsb...

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Lori Falce@lorifalce · Jul 4

Editorial: Let freedom ring (Via TribLive) triblive.com/opinion/editor…

lorifalce's tweet card. The greatest thing America has ever done is to stand up to tyranny and declare itself to be free. Before our nation was a nation, we sowed the seeds of what we would become. Before we had a represe...

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Lori Falce@lorifalce · Jun 30

Editorial: Public participation shouldn't just happen when convenient for government (Via TribLive) triblive.com/opinion/editor…

lorifalce's tweet card. We talk a lot about transparency. The free flow of information is important. We want government to be accountable to the people for their actions, their spending and their process. When government...

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Lori Falce@lorifalce · Jun 28

Editorial: Cyber charters are the latest kickball in Pennsylvania's education funding debate (Via TribLive) triblive.com/opinion/editor…

lorifalce's tweet card. Pennsylvania has struggled with a solution for public education funding for decades. How do we build schools, buy books, pay teachers, fuel buses and more from Pittsburgh to Greensburg to Kiski...

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Lori Falce@lorifalce · Jun 27

Lori Falce: UPMC decision slams door on trans youths (Via TribLive) triblive.com/opinion/lori-f…

lorifalce's tweet card. UPMC will not be providing gender-affirming care to those 18 and under after this month. The move comes after President Donald Trump’s executive order in January titled “Protecting Children from...

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Lori Falce@lorifalce · Jun 26

Editorial: Namdar needs to sell Pittsburgh Mills (Via TribLive) triblive.com/opinion/editor…

lorifalce's tweet card. Is there a big sale coming at the Pittsburgh Mills mall? Maybe, but at just 35% occupancy of the 900,000-square-foot building, don’t expect it at a store. No, the “everything must go!” moment appears...

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Lori Falce@lorifalce · Jun 26

Editorial: Mayor's spokesperson does disservice by denying violence, injuries (Via TribLive) triblive.com/opinion/editor…

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Lori Falce@lorifalce · Jul 7

Peckish prior to Picklesburgh? Pick a peck of pickle snacks (Via TribLive) triblive.com/lifestyles/foo…

lorifalce's tweet card. There’s nothing quite like a pickle. A brine of vinegar, water, sugar, salt, herbs and spices is a magic potion that turns a fresh veggie into something else entirely. It works with onions, olives,...

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TribLIVE.com@TribLIVE · Jun 29

One of the best ways to use up the abundance of fresh fruit over the summer is in a delicious — and easy — upside-down cake. @lorifalce triblive.com/lifestyles/foo…

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Ben Schmitt@bencschmitt · Jun 23

The fanbase is so over it. Even most of my diehard Pirates fan friends have given up. It's beyond dire. triblive.com/sports/mark-ma…

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