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Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District 2026: Latest Polls
Caroline Soler, NYT
Alpha Compute to Buy PA Land, Gas Rights for $55M Data Center
Staff, Reuters
PA Attorney General Takes Aim at TikTok Over Kids’ Safety
M. Swift, TribLive
PA's Coal Industry Positions Itself for Future in Energy, Tech
Rachel McDevitt, WESA
Several Train Cars Derail Along Historic Tracks in Altoona
C. Scott, WTAE
Quest for Open Central PA House Seat Now 3-candidate Race
D. Urie, Pennlive
Stroudsburg Group Calls on Harrisburg to Help With Rising Costs
Kat Bolus, WVIA
Philadelphia Region's Luxury Housing Market Accelerates
Mike D'Onofrio, Axios
Mayor Parker’s FY27 Budget, By The Numbers
Nick Hand, Phila. Citizen
Violent Crime Falls in Scranton Under Mayor Cognetti
Staff, Penn. Independent

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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More Criminals Using Teens to Move Guns
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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

Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District 2026: Latest Polls

Caroline Soler, NYT

Republicans are entering the 2026 midterms with a 217-212 majority in the House, with five seats currently vacant and one independent. All... Read More

Alpha Compute to Buy PA Land, Gas Rights for $55M Data Center

Staff, Reuters

AI infrastructure company Alpha Compute has signed a binding term sheet to acquire land and natural gas rights in Pennsylvania for $55... Read More

PA Attorney General Takes Aim at TikTok Over Kids’ Safety

M. Swift, TribLive

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced a lawsuit Tuesday against the social media app TikTok, contending the wildly popular... Read More

PA's Coal Industry Positions Itself for Future in Energy, Tech

Rachel McDevitt, WESA

Some see this moment of rapidly growing energy demand and desire for reliable, domestic energy as an opportunity to revitalize coal’s image. Read More

Several Train Cars Derail Along Historic Tracks in Altoona

C. Scott, WTAE

Several train cars derailed Tuesday night along a historic railroad landmark in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Read More

Quest for Open Central PA House Seat Now 3-candidate Race

D. Urie, Pennlive

It’s now a three-person race for a state House district in Lancaster and Lebanon counties. Independent Joshua Deering of Mt. Joy has... Read More

Stroudsburg Group Calls on Harrisburg to Help With Rising Costs

Kat Bolus, WVIA

Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania and ActionTogether NEPA held a press conference in Stroudsburg to demand action on skyrocketing energy... Read More

Philadelphia Region's Luxury Housing Market Accelerates

Mike D'Onofrio, Axios

The Philadelphia region's housing market is hot right now — if you're in the 1%. Why it matters: Philly's real estate market looks very... Read More

Mayor Parker’s FY27 Budget, By The Numbers

Nick Hand, Phila. Citizen

The most notable thing about the City of Philadelphia’s new budget for fiscal year 2027 may be how little the overall number changed.... Read More

Violent Crime Falls in Scranton Under Mayor Cognetti

Staff, Penn. Independent

The number of violent crime offenses in Scranton has dropped over the course of Mayor Paige Cognetti’s tenure, during which 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

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RNC Chair Talks Midterms During Philly Visit
Be Skeptical of Any Deal With Iran, Sen. McCormick Says
Voters Voice Concerns Before the PA Primary
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to see more funding for public transportation

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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