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Neighbors Sue Gov. Shapiro in Land Dispute
Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer
Senate Hearings Dig Into $40M Cost of Governor's Residence
Z. Hoopes, PennLive
Pennsylvania Democrats Win State House Special Elections
Caroline Vakil, The Hill
PA Leaders Want to Avoid Another Budget Impasse
Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer
Garrity Attends State of the Union, Dems Tie Her to Trump
Dennis Owens, Abc27
Measles Count Rises in PA, New Case in MontCo
Anne Garber, LancasterOnline
Shapiro Discusses Bird Flu Outbreak
Staff, 6abc Philadelphia
PA Officials Look to Curb Harshest Bird Flu in Decades
Jaxon White, WITF
Mazzocco Wins Special Election in HD-42
Steve Ulrich, PoliticsPA
How PA’s Economic Future is Intertwined With Ghana
Daniel Wubah, LancasterOnline
Philly Superintendent Restricts Travel After B+L Investigation
Todd Shepherd, B+L
Supreme Court Tariff Ruling Spotlights Local Govt Limbo
Editorial, Tribune-Review

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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Who’s Winning in Pennsylvania?
John Prideaux, The Economist
Shapiro: Here’s Why Harris Is On Track to Win
Greg Sargent, The New Republic

Neighbors Sue Gov. Shapiro in Land Dispute

Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer

The neighborhood has became the battleground for dueling lawsuits between Josh Shapiro and his neighbors, bringing tension to a tranquil... Read More

Senate Hearings Dig Into $40M Cost of Governor's Residence

Z. Hoopes, PennLive

The roughly $40 million being spent on repairs and security at the Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg and at Gov. Josh Shapiro’s... Read More

Pennsylvania Democrats Win State House Special Elections

Caroline Vakil, The Hill

Pennsylvania Democrats are projected to win two special elections for state House, keeping their majority intact, according to Decision Desk... Read More

PA Leaders Want to Avoid Another Budget Impasse

Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer

Pennsylvania is again on track to spend more than it brings in this fiscal year. Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed spending $4.3 billion more than... Read More

Garrity Attends State of the Union, Dems Tie Her to Trump

Dennis Owens, Abc27

 President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday night in Washington, D.C., the first of his second term.... Read More

Measles Count Rises in PA, New Case in MontCo

Anne Garber, LancasterOnline

Another Montgomery County resident has been diagnosed with measles, the state announced Tuesday, raising Pennsylvania’s count to 11 cases... Read More

Shapiro Discusses Bird Flu Outbreak

Staff, 6abc Philadelphia

Poultry producers met with lawmakers on Tuesday in Lancaster to discuss the increase in cases. Read More

PA Officials Look to Curb Harshest Bird Flu in Decades

Jaxon White, WITF

Silver Valley Farm owner Jim Shirk, a ninth-generation poultry farmer from Lancaster County, has faced hardship due to avian influenza... Read More

Mazzocco Wins Special Election in HD-42

Steve Ulrich, PoliticsPA

Educator Jennifer Mazzocco won the special election in the 42nd Legislative District to fill the remaining term of Dan Miller, who resigned... Read More

How PA’s Economic Future is Intertwined With Ghana

Daniel Wubah, LancasterOnline

Technology is often credited with shrinking the world, but commerce, education and human relationships have been quietly doing the same work... Read More

Philly Superintendent Restricts Travel After B+L Investigation

Todd Shepherd, B+L

Less than two weeks after a Broad + Liberty investigation exposed $309,000 in questionable conference spending, School District of... Read More

Supreme Court Tariff Ruling Spotlights Local Govt Limbo

Editorial, Tribune-Review

Tariffs have created economic confusion over the past year. Some don’t really understand what they are or how they impact prices in 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

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

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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

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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