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PA Leaders Want to Avoid Lengthy Budget Impasse
McGoldrick & Bernard, Inquirer
Josh Shapiro to Neighbors: Get Off My Lawn
Viser & Blaskey, WaPo
PA Paid $4 Billion in Trump's Overturned Tariffs
Savitsky & Suttles, Axios
We Have to Be Honest About ‘Community Engagement’
B. McGinley, Post-Gazette
What to Know About the PA House Special Election in Lehigh Co.
L. Weber, MCall
Mazzocco, Leckenby Compete For Open Allegheny Co. Seat
S. Ulrich, PoliticsPA
Stacy Garrity Will Be a Guest at Trump’s SOTU Address
Roth & McGoldrick, Inquirer
Summer Lee to Deliver SOTU Response for WFP
Tom Fontaine, Tribune-Review
DCCC Adds Cognetti, Stelson to 'Red To Blue' Program
Steve Ulrich, PoliticsPA
Schuylkill County Rep's Cursive Bill Now Law
Sarah Hofius Hall, WVIA
Philly's Chinatown Stitch Is in Limbo
Thomas Fitzgerald, Inquirer
More On the Presidents House Slavery Exhibit
Bloomquist & Hawkins, 6abc

Research

Working Class Voters' Role in the 2024 PA Election
Clark, P. F. , Sagepub
PA Voters Bridge Divide in Polling® Event
Deliberative Democracy Lab, Stanford
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

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USA Energy Affordability Map

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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.

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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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America’s Civic Values Outweigh its Divisions
Americans of all backgrounds overwhelmingly support a core set of legal and constitutional obligations.
David McCullough and the Study of History
One of the greatest weeks of my life was the week David McCullough came to teach a one-credit course at Hillsdale College in 2006.

In the News

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Why Civics Education Is America’s New Flashpoin
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Lincoln’s Prophetic Statesmanship with Edward Erler

Podcasts

The Future of America's Shipbuilding Is in Philadelphia
Michael Graham, DV Journal
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

PA Leaders Want to Avoid Lengthy Budget Impasse

McGoldrick & Bernard, Inquirer

Pennsylvania is again on track to spend more than it brings in this fiscal year. Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed spending $4.3 billion more than... Read More

Josh Shapiro to Neighbors: Get Off My Lawn

Viser & Blaskey, WaPo

PA Paid $4 Billion in Trump's Overturned Tariffs

Savitsky & Suttles, Axios

We Have to Be Honest About ‘Community Engagement’

B. McGinley, Post-Gazette

Last spring, the Editorial Board published a series of editorials about delays in the execution of parks and recreation improvements by the... Read More

What to Know About the PA House Special Election in Lehigh Co.

L. Weber, MCall

Two candidates are facing off Tuesday in a highly consequential Pa. state House special election in the heart of Allentown. Read More

Mazzocco, Leckenby Compete For Open Allegheny Co. Seat

S. Ulrich, PoliticsPA

Stacy Garrity Will Be a Guest at Trump’s SOTU Address

Roth & McGoldrick, Inquirer

President Donald Trump will be giving his State of the Union Address Tuesday night. Some local lawmakers are boycotting the event. Read More

Summer Lee to Deliver SOTU Response for WFP

Tom Fontaine, Tribune-Review

The Working Families Party has picked U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Swissvale, to deliver its response to President Donald Trump’s State of the... Read More

DCCC Adds Cognetti, Stelson to 'Red To Blue' Program

Steve Ulrich, PoliticsPA

Schuylkill County Rep's Cursive Bill Now Law

Sarah Hofius Hall, WVIA

Gov. Josh Shapiro signed Rep. Dane Watro’s bill this month that requires elementary public and private schools to teach cursive handwriting. Read More

Philly's Chinatown Stitch Is in Limbo

Thomas Fitzgerald, Inquirer

Planners are looking for ways to keep the project alive. Read More

More On the Presidents House Slavery Exhibit

Bloomquist & Hawkins, 6abc

Host Sarah Bloomquist and the Panel discuss the President's House Slavery exhibit re-installment, Philadelphia City Council hearings on the... Read More

Research

Working Class Voters' Role in the 2024 PA Election

Clark, P. F. , Sagepub

On election day 2024, the headline for CBS News was “Pennsylvania is the top prize among battleground states.” Political experts... Read More

PA Voters Bridge Divide in Polling® Event

Deliberative Democracy Lab, Stanford

America in One Room: Pennsylvania brings together a representative sample of registered Pennsylvania voters for a statewide Deliberative Poll... Read More

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

More From Real Clear

PA GOP Congressman Slams State Leaders Over ICE Policies
Gov. Shapiro and UT Gov. Cox on State of Politics
Trump Heads to PA to Tout Affordability Push
Sen. Fetterman Says We Need to Talk to Each Other More

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

Sponsored Curation Powered By:

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

America’s Civic Values Outweigh its Divisions
Americans of all backgrounds overwhelmingly support a core set of legal and constitutional obligations.
David McCullough and the Study of History
One of the greatest weeks of my life was the week David McCullough came to teach a one-credit course at Hillsdale College in 2006.

In the News

Multimedia

Why Civics Education Is America’s New Flashpoin
The Long Road to Juneteenth
Lincoln’s Prophetic Statesmanship with Edward Erler

Podcasts

The Future of America's Shipbuilding Is in Philadelphia

Michael Graham, DV Journal

With the issues of trade and energy policy front and center in American politics, Jeff Vogel joins the Delaware Valley Journal podcast to... Read More

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

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