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The Beginnings of a Transit Deal?
Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer
PA Dems Say They're Confident Despite GOP Registration Trends
T. Riese, WESA
Labor Researchers Say Trouble Is Brewing in PA's Economy
O. Morrison, PennLive
Could a New Plan From Shapiro Break PA’s Budget Impasse?
S. Caruso, Spotlight
Failure to Strike Transit Funding Deal Will Devastate PGH
Ed Board, Post-Gazette
The 10 Most Evenly Divided Districts in the Country
Nathan Gonzales, Roll Call
Can Redistributing Taxes Help Erie Revitalize?
Christina Lengyel, Center Square
McClinton: HBG GOP Creating Chaos With Budget System
S. Ulrich, Politics PA
Farnham Gears Up For Another Run Against Joyce
S. Ulrich, Politics PA

Research

New UCLA Data: Latino Voters in PA Could Sway Election
Phan et al., UCLA
PA Ed. Funding Reached $22,000 Per Student
E. Aymond, Commonwealth Foundation
Could Local Sales Taxes Come to PA's Counties?
Frank Gamrat, Alleghenyinstitute
Philadelphia's Post-ARPA Fiscal Reality
Katie Martin, The Pew Charitable Trusts

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May Aliens Be Deported Based on Their Speech?
The answer, oddly, isn't settled.
The COVID-era Smearing—and Resurrection—of Trump NIH Appointee Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
Bhattacharya’s path from health policy scholar to NIH director nominee is pockmarked with craters from missiles launched to destroy his scientific credibility by NIH leaders and their minions in academia.

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Zuckerberg Ending Censorship on Facebook: "The Fact-Checkers Have Just Been Too Politically Biased"
John Kerry Tells WEF: Our First Amendment Stands As A Major Block Against Hammering Disinformation Out of Existence
House Committee Rips State Department Over Censorship

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Florida State's Novel Civics Program
Liberty is the lifeblood of America, but it flourishes only when citizens understand the ideas that sustain...
James Madison’s Appeal to Reasonable Discourse
On June 8, 1789, James Madison rose before Congress and performed an about-face. The founder who had...

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The Long Road to Juneteenth
Lincoln’s Prophetic Statesmanship with Edward Erler
Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation

Podcasts

Who’s Winning in Pennsylvania?
John Prideaux, The Economist
Shapiro: Here’s Why Harris Is On Track to Win
Greg Sargent, The New Republic
Why The Candidates Are Investing Time Into Pennsylvania
Sarah McCammon, NPR
Why Pennsylvania is Neither Blue Nor Red--It’s Pink
Staff, Broad + Liberty

The Beginnings of a Transit Deal?

Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer

House Majority Leader Matt Bradford joined Gov. Josh Shapiro in an openness to the GOP-backed use of the Public Transportation Trust Fund —... Read More

PA Dems Say They're Confident Despite GOP Registration Trends

T. Riese, WESA

For Pennsylvania Democrats, the bad news during the past year hasn’t just been that they lost every statewide election in 2024. It’s that... Read More

Labor Researchers Say Trouble Is Brewing in PA's Economy

O. Morrison, PennLive

Beef could be the new eggs in PA’s flagging economy, experts warn. Read More

Could a New Plan From Shapiro Break PA’s Budget Impasse?

S. Caruso, Spotlight

Democrats support the proposal, which would increase PA budget spending by 5% instead of the 8% Shapiro originally wanted. Read More

Failure to Strike Transit Funding Deal Will Devastate PGH

Ed Board, Post-Gazette

The Shapiro administration, Senate Republicans and House Democrats must iron out a budget deal that restores state funding to public transit.... Read More

The 10 Most Evenly Divided Districts in the Country

Nathan Gonzales, Roll Call

Metric considers a congressional district’s politics by combining election results over the past four election cycles into a single score. Read More

Can Redistributing Taxes Help Erie Revitalize?

Christina Lengyel, Center Square

(The Center Square) - Last year, Erie and Reading joined four other locations across Pennsylvania currently designated as City Revitalization... Read More

McClinton: HBG GOP Creating Chaos With Budget System

S. Ulrich, Politics PA

Farnham Gears Up For Another Run Against Joyce

S. Ulrich, Politics PA

Research

New UCLA Data: Latino Voters in PA Could Sway Election

Phan et al., UCLA

The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (UCLA LPPI) released a new data brief on Latino eligible voters in Pennsylvania, marking the... Read More

PA Ed. Funding Reached $22,000 Per Student

E. Aymond, Commonwealth Foundation

Harrisburg, Pa., May 21, 2024 — Pennsylvania per-student spending increased to $21,985 in the 2022–23 school year, according to... Read More

Could Local Sales Taxes Come to PA's Counties?

Frank Gamrat, Alleghenyinstitute

Philadelphia and Pittsburgh counties already implment a sales tax. Proposed legislation would allow the other 65 counties in Pennsylvania to... Read More

Philadelphia's Post-ARPA Fiscal Reality

Katie Martin, The Pew Charitable Trusts

The start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 forced officials in cities throughout the country to deal with unexpected budget shortfalls... Read More

More From Real Clear

Shapiro Talks Permit Fast Track
McCormick Speaks Out After Casey's Concession
PA Congressman-Elect Bresnahan on How He Flipped a Dem District
New Body-Cam Video Shows Moments After Trump Shooting

USA Energy Affordability Map

Click on a state to learn more energy facts.

> 50% 40-55% 30-40% 20-30% 10-20% AK HI AZ UT CO NE OK MS AL GA NC VA NJ RI DE MD CT MA VT ME NY IA ND WI OH KY IL TN SC IN PA NH WV MI MN OR WA CA NV MT WY NM TX FL LA AR SD MO KS ID

Censorship

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Essential Reading

May Aliens Be Deported Based on Their Speech?
The answer, oddly, isn't settled.
The COVID-era Smearing—and Resurrection—of Trump NIH Appointee Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
Bhattacharya’s path from health policy scholar to NIH director nominee is pockmarked with craters from missiles launched to destroy his scientific credibility by NIH leaders and their minions in academia.

In the News

Multimedia

Zuckerberg Ending Censorship on Facebook: "The Fact-Checkers Have Just Been Too Politically Biased"
John Kerry Tells WEF: Our First Amendment Stands As A Major Block Against Hammering Disinformation Out of Existence
House Committee Rips State Department Over Censorship

American Civics

Sponsored Curation Powered By:

Essential Reading

Florida State's Novel Civics Program
Liberty is the lifeblood of America, but it flourishes only when citizens understand the ideas that sustain...
James Madison’s Appeal to Reasonable Discourse
On June 8, 1789, James Madison rose before Congress and performed an about-face. The founder who had...

In the News

Multimedia

The Long Road to Juneteenth
Lincoln’s Prophetic Statesmanship with Edward Erler
Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation

Podcasts

Who’s Winning in Pennsylvania?

John Prideaux, The Economist

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week our hosts travel to the state most likely to decide the election Read More

Shapiro: Here’s Why Harris Is On Track to Win

Greg Sargent, The New Republic

As polls show a tight race in Pennsylvania, which Trump cannot lose, Governor Josh Shapiro explains why he thinks Kamala Harris is on her way... Read More

Why The Candidates Are Investing Time Into Pennsylvania

Sarah McCammon, NPR

NPR tracked where the candidates are investing the most travel time and money. Unsurprisingly, the most competitive states are receiving the... Read More

Why Pennsylvania is Neither Blue Nor Red--It’s Pink

Staff, Broad + Liberty

From their voting power to their leadership in the halls of state government, women are a force reshaping Pennsylvania politics. Read More

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