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Why PA's Energy Boom Isn't Lowering Power Bills
Ryan Deto, Axios
Will Garrity's Support for Trump Help or Hurt in PA?
Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer
Poll: Shapiro Holds Commanding Lead Over Garrity
S. Ulrich, PoliticsPA
Earmarks Are Fixing Congress
Zach Kennedy, RealClearPennsylvania
Exclusive: Shapiro Raises $10M in First Quarter
Holly Otterbein, Axios
PA’s Energy Leadership Depends on Competition
David Taylor, RealClearPennsylvania
Radical Tax Hikes Will Accelerate PA’s Outmigration
Nathan Benefield, RealClearPA
How Garrity Would Approach ICE Detention as PA Gov
Jaxon White, Spotlight PA
Pittsburgh’s Place in the New Space Race
Editorial, Tribune-Review
Catholic Leaders — Be Not Afraid
Guy Ciarrocchi, Broad & Liberty
Shapiro Hosts Passover Dinner a Year After Firebombing
C. Thompson, PennLive
Write-in Campaign for Mastriano in GOP Primary
J.D. Prose, PennLive
Sultana Kicked Off Ballot in PA Senate Primary
Staff, Morning Call
When Was the Best Era in Philly Sports History?
Morris et al., Inquirer

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

More From Real Clear

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Trump Heads to PA to Tout Affordability Push
Sen. Fetterman Says We Need to Talk to Each Other More

USA Energy Affordability Map

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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.

In the News

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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

American Civics

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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
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
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 PA's Energy Boom Isn't Lowering Power Bills

Ryan Deto, Axios

Will Garrity's Support for Trump Help or Hurt in PA?

Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer

Garrity has continuously backed the president, often going out of her way to voice support for his political decisions that have little to do... Read More

Poll: Shapiro Holds Commanding Lead Over Garrity

S. Ulrich, PoliticsPA

Earmarks Are Fixing Congress

Zach Kennedy, RealClearPennsylvania

Springtime in Washington, D.C. kicks off annual budget negotiations in Congress, with lawmakers coming off of passing about 90% of the budget... Read More

Exclusive: Shapiro Raises $10M in First Quarter

Holly Otterbein, Axios

PA’s Energy Leadership Depends on Competition

David Taylor, RealClearPennsylvania

In every way that matters, energy is life. For the half-million Pennsylvanians who work in manufacturing – people who show up every day to... Read More

Radical Tax Hikes Will Accelerate PA’s Outmigration

Nathan Benefield, RealClearPA

Gov. Josh Shapiro keeps repeating the claim that Pennsylvania is the only growing state in the Northeast. But that’s not true. Residents... Read More

How Garrity Would Approach ICE Detention as PA Gov

Jaxon White, Spotlight PA

Stacy Garrity’s campaign for PA governor notes she commanded an Iraq internment camp and accuses Shapiro of “grandstanding” in opposing... Read More

Pittsburgh’s Place in the New Space Race

Editorial, Tribune-Review

We don’t know who invented the first wheel. We do know everything that came after it — SUVs and bicycles, gas stations and turnpike exits... Read More

Catholic Leaders — Be Not Afraid

Guy Ciarrocchi, Broad & Liberty

Shapiro Hosts Passover Dinner a Year After Firebombing

C. Thompson, PennLive

Write-in Campaign for Mastriano in GOP Primary

J.D. Prose, PennLive

Sultana Kicked Off Ballot in PA Senate Primary

Staff, Morning Call

A Pennsylvania court has ordered Taiba Sultana kicked off the ballot in the Democratic primary against Sen. Lisa Boscola, finding her... Read More

When Was the Best Era in Philly Sports History?

Morris et al., Inquirer

If you step back, isn’t Philadelphia currently having a great period of success? Let’s run the numbers. 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

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

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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