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How ‘Skill Games’ Exploded Across Pennsylvania
Andrew Seidman, Inquirer
Fetterman, McCormick Team Up for Joint Fundraising Cmte
J. Cole, Center Square
Could PA Control Leadership Spots On House Budget Cmte?
Steve Ulrich, PoliticsPA
PA Is Among 25 States Suing Over Fed Medicaid Rules
Sarah Gantz, Inquirer
Affordable Care Act Rates May Be Headed for Stark Hike
James Engel, Trib-Review
Cognetti Proposes Stock Trade Ban, Term Limits
B. Krawczeniuk, WVIA
PA State Senator Profited from Property Sale for Data Center
E. Young, Spotlight PA
Glanton, Combative Head of Barnes Foundation, Dies at 79
R. Sandomir, NYT

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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How ‘Skill Games’ Exploded Across Pennsylvania

Andrew Seidman, Inquirer

Parx Casino and Pace-O-Matic spent millions battling over Pa. gambling policy. Lawmakers now must decide who wins. Read More

Fetterman, McCormick Team Up for Joint Fundraising Cmte

J. Cole, Center Square

(The Center Square) – U.S. Sens. John Fetterman and Dave McCormick may be on opposite sides of the aisle, but their campaigns have teamed... Read More

Could PA Control Leadership Spots On House Budget Cmte?

Steve Ulrich, PoliticsPA

Does it take two to make the dream come true? Pennsylvania could find itself with two of its congressional members […] Read More

PA Is Among 25 States Suing Over Fed Medicaid Rules

Sarah Gantz, Inquirer

People who are "medically frail" will need to prove they are too sick to work to qualify for an exemption from new Medicaid work requirements. Read More

Affordable Care Act Rates May Be Headed for Stark Hike

James Engel, Trib-Review

For those who rely on Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance — especially middle-income policyholders — 2027 is likely to be... Read More

Cognetti Proposes Stock Trade Ban, Term Limits

B. Krawczeniuk, WVIA

Democratic congressional candidate Paige Cognetti, Scranton's mayor, proposed eight major reforms that she wants Congress to adopt if she's... Read More

PA State Senator Profited from Property Sale for Data Center

E. Young, Spotlight PA

PA Sen. Greg Rothman says while he did make money on the 2025 sale, he had nothing to do with the actual data center deal. Read More

Glanton, Combative Head of Barnes Foundation, Dies at 79

R. Sandomir, NYT

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

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Be Skeptical of Any Deal With Iran, Sen. McCormick Says
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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

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Essential Reading

The Ladies, and How We Remember Them
Abigail Adams admonished her husband to “remember the ladies.” 
Teaching the Declaration Starts at the Archives
Every generation inherits the Declaration of Independence and its promises.

In the News

Multimedia

The Greatest WWII Novel
America at 250: A Conversation with Peggy Noonan
Why Civics Education Is America’s New Flashpoin

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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