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State Lawmakers Won’t Back Mayor Parker’s Tax Hikes
Anna Orso, Inquirer
Senior Care: Pennsylvania's Quiet Crisis
Garry Pezzano, The Tribune-Democrat
PA is Failing to Review Child Deaths. Funding Could Help.
Jaxon White, Spotlight PA
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Sour on Data Centers
Dennis Owens, Abc27
Cumberland Co. House Seat a National Dem Target
Charles Thompson, Pennlive
PA's Senators Warn of Rising Antisemitism in Their Parties
J. Salant, Post-Gazette
Nurse Practitioners Renew Push for Independence
Whitney Downard, 90.5 WESA
Pennsylvania’s Economy is Among the Worst in the U.S.
Claudia Dimuro, PennLive

Research

PA Voters Bridge Divide in Polling® Event
Deliberative Democracy Lab, Stanford
Working Class Voters' Role in the 2024 PA Election
Clark, P. F. , Sagepub
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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More Criminals Using Teens to Move Guns
Claudia Dimuro, PennLive
The Future of America's Shipbuilding Is in Philadelphia
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Who’s Winning in Pennsylvania?
John Prideaux, The Economist
Shapiro: Here’s Why Harris Is On Track to Win
Greg Sargent, The New Republic

State Lawmakers Won’t Back Mayor Parker’s Tax Hikes

Anna Orso, Inquirer

The development out of Harrisburg is an eleventh-hour setback for the mayor ahead of a planned City Council vote this week. The major... Read More

Senior Care: Pennsylvania's Quiet Crisis

Garry Pezzano, The Tribune-Democrat

Pennsylvania’s senior care system is in crisis and is losing nursing home capacity by the thousands – fewer communities, fewer beds, and... Read More

PA is Failing to Review Child Deaths. Funding Could Help.

Jaxon White, Spotlight PA

Gov. Shapiro wants a 2.5M boost for the broken PA child death review program, but advocates are skeptical that it’s a priority Read More

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Sour on Data Centers

Dennis Owens, Abc27

Progressive Sen. Katie Muth (D-Montgomery) has a moratorium bill halting large-scale data centers for three years statewide. Surprisingly,... Read More

Cumberland Co. House Seat a National Dem Target

Charles Thompson, Pennlive

A national Democratic Party campaign organization has added Cumberland County’s 88th District to a list of 17 Pennsylvania House seats... Read More

PA's Senators Warn of Rising Antisemitism in Their Parties

J. Salant, Post-Gazette

WASHINGTON — In an increasingly polarized Congress, Pennsylvania’s two U.S. senators — Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Dave... Read More

Nurse Practitioners Renew Push for Independence

Whitney Downard, 90.5 WESA

In Pennsylvania, Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners must have a written collaborative agreement with a licensed physician to work. Read More

Pennsylvania’s Economy is Among the Worst in the U.S.

Claudia Dimuro, PennLive

A new report has delved into the health of each state’s economy.Pennsylvania, unfortunately, didn’t do so hot.  Read More

Research

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

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

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

Voters Voice Concerns Before the PA Primary
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to see more funding for public transportation
PA GOP Congressman Slams State Leaders Over ICE Policies
Gov. Shapiro and UT Gov. Cox on State of Politics

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

Remembering Washington’s Patriotism
No commemoration is complete without honoring Gen. George Washington as a founder among founders. 
America’s Civic Values Outweigh its Divisions
Americans of all backgrounds overwhelmingly support a core set of legal and constitutional obligations.

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

More Criminals Using Teens to Move Guns

Claudia Dimuro, PennLive

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


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