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Dems Are Turning Republicans’ Arguments Against Them

D. Merica, WaPo

County Jails Earn Millions Detaining Immigrants for ICE

Huangpu and Ohl, Inquirer

Partnerships between Pennsylvania counties and ICE are receiving new attention as the president executes a mass deportation campaign. Read More

Why PA's Energy Boom Isn't Lowering Power Bills

Ryan Deto, Axios

Dauphin Co.’s Part-Time Solicitors Get Pricey Perks

D. Renno, PennLive

NFL Draft May Not Deliver Windfall for Every Business

Julia Burdelski, Trib-Review

Kroll’s West restaurant expected to be bustling when Green Bay hosted the 2025 NFL Draft. Located across from iconic Lambeau Field, home of... Read More

Shapiro Opens PA’s 125th State Park — its First Underground

M. Thomas, P-G

The state’s newest park — and its first underground — was officially opened by Gov. Josh Shapiro and Department of Conservation... Read More

Philly Region Rises Together — or Not at All

Cohen & Franklin, Philadelphia Citizen

Endless Mountains Region Closer to National Recognition

Kat Bolus, WVIA

U.S. Senators Dave McCormick and John Fetterman, and U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, introduced acts to designate the Endless Mountains as a National... 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

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

Videos

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

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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.