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What to Watch for in Shapiro’s State Budget Address
Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer
In PA, Crime Is Down But a Sense of Safety Is Lost
William McVey, RealClearPA
Reid Hoffman, Who Traveled to Epstein, Donated Big to Gov
J.D. Prose, PennLive
New Poll Shows Robust Job-Approval Rating for Shapiro
Ivey DeJesus, PennLive
Bucks County Dems Aim to Limit PA Senate Candidates
Jess Rohan, PhillyBurbs
SWPA Republicans Clash With State Party Over Bartolotta
Ford Turner, Post-Gazette
Shapiro Is Increasingly Critical of ICE in Minneapolis
Bernard & McGoldrick, Inq
Stelson Keeps Outraising Perry
Aliya Schneider, Inquirer
Lehigh Valley Congressional Candidates Raised $1.5M
Tom Shortell, LVN
Inside the Money Race for a Philly Congressional Seat
Walsh & Orso, Inquirer
Congressman Lloyd Smucker Sues LNP
Dan Nephin, LancasterOnline

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

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Greg Sargent, The New Republic
Why The Candidates Are Investing Time Into Pennsylvania
Sarah McCammon, NPR

What to Watch for in Shapiro’s State Budget Address

Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer

Shapiro is expected to pitch a $53.3 billion budget on Tuesday during his fourth annual budget address that adds a new focus on affordability... Read More

In PA, Crime Is Down But a Sense of Safety Is Lost

William McVey, RealClearPA

Many parts of the country have experienced a decrease in crime, especially violent crime, according to FBI crime statistics. This is great... Read More

Reid Hoffman, Who Traveled to Epstein, Donated Big to Gov

J.D. Prose, PennLive

Billionaire Reid Hoffman's emails with Jeffrey Epstein were part of the millions of pages recently released by the U.S. Department of Justice. Read More

New Poll Shows Robust Job-Approval Rating for Shapiro

Ivey DeJesus, PennLive

The poll released Monday by Morning Consult shows Gov. Josh Shapiro with a 60% job approval rating. The Democratic governor is running for... Read More

Bucks County Dems Aim to Limit PA Senate Candidates

Jess Rohan, PhillyBurbs

SWPA Republicans Clash With State Party Over Bartolotta

Ford Turner, Post-Gazette

A nasty intraparty squabble involving Republican committees in two southwestern Pennsylvania counties, state party leadership and the work of... Read More

Shapiro Is Increasingly Critical of ICE in Minneapolis

Bernard & McGoldrick, Inq

Josh Shapiro repeatedly spoke out about ICE during his national book tour, but he's facing pressure to do more in Pennsylvania on the issue. Read More

Stelson Keeps Outraising Perry

Aliya Schneider, Inquirer

Democrat Janelle Stelson is raking in cash as she heads into a rematch with incumbent Republican Scott Perry in a Pa. swing district that... Read More

Lehigh Valley Congressional Candidates Raised $1.5M

Tom Shortell, LVN

The rich got richer in Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District race at the close of 2025. Campaign finance reports show Ryan Mackenzie, Bob... Read More

Inside the Money Race for a Philly Congressional Seat

Walsh & Orso, Inquirer

Physicians Ala Stanford and Dave Oxman touted impressive fundraising hauls heading into 2026. But much of their campaign money came from... Read More

Congressman Lloyd Smucker Sues LNP

Dan Nephin, LancasterOnline

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker has filed a defamation lawsuit against LNP Media Group, the publisher of LNP | LancasterOnline, claiming an editorial... 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

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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

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.
Liberal Education as Civic Education
At the heart of the Western intellectual tradition is the claim that the liberal arts aim to make a man free.

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

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

Why The Candidates Are Investing Time Into Pennsylvania

Sarah McCammon, NPR

NPR tracked where the candidates are investing the most travel time and money. Unsurprisingly, the most competitive states are receiving the... Read More

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