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Fetterman Is Losing Support Among His Party's Voters
Ardito & Roy, Post-Gazette
Fears Grow That Data Centers Will Ruin Poconos
Emilie Lounsberry, Spotlight PA
Shapiro, Garrity Ramp Up Attacks With New Campaign Ads
Haley O'Brien, WITF
PennDOT Invests $134M to Improve PA's Traffic Lights
Deb Kiner, LehighValleyLive
Terminated NIH Grants Have Cost Pitt $40M
Kris Mamula, Post-Gazette
PA Counties Lose Out on More 911 Center Funding
M. Pérez-Carrillo, Spotlight PA
Butler Mayor Struggles to Bring Focus Back to Community
Hallie Lauer, P-G
PA Senior Citizens Have a High Rate of Overdoses
L. Schroeder, Morning Call
ICE Arrests Surge at Philly Airport
Jeff Gammage, Inquirer
Warning Signs for Philadelphia Mayor Parker
Guy Ciarrocchi, RealClearPennsylvania

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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Fetterman Is Losing Support Among His Party's Voters

Ardito & Roy, Post-Gazette

For John Fetterman and Chris Deluzio, it was a moment of unity in front of a large crowd of fired-up Democratic voters. On the eve of the... Read More

Fears Grow That Data Centers Will Ruin Poconos

Emilie Lounsberry, Spotlight PA

In the Pocono Mountains, residents fear planned data centers could ruin beloved landscapes and pristine waterways. Read More

Shapiro, Garrity Ramp Up Attacks With New Campaign Ads

Haley O'Brien, WITF

Pennsylvania’s candidates for governor are ramping up their campaigns with new advertising that attacks their opponents’ records – with... Read More

PennDOT Invests $134M to Improve PA's Traffic Lights

Deb Kiner, LehighValleyLive

Terminated NIH Grants Have Cost Pitt $40M

Kris Mamula, Post-Gazette

The federal government has unexpectedly ended two more research grants at the University of Pittsburgh, which in one case, upends 16 years of... Read More

PA Counties Lose Out on More 911 Center Funding

M. Pérez-Carrillo, Spotlight PA

“A pretty strong grassroots effort” failed to convince Pennsylvania lawmakers to increase the 911 phone fee as part of the 2026-27 state... Read More

Butler Mayor Struggles to Bring Focus Back to Community

Hallie Lauer, P-G

The attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Butler County has left a long shadow on the community. Even two years later, Butler Mayor Bob... Read More

PA Senior Citizens Have a High Rate of Overdoses

L. Schroeder, Morning Call

Prescription medication complications, caused by mistake and misuse, are on the rise in Pennsylvania, and are one of the reasons nearly 600... Read More

ICE Arrests Surge at Philly Airport

Jeff Gammage, Inquirer

The Department of Homeland Security said President Trump is reversing policies that let undocumented immigrants "jet around our country." Read More

Warning Signs for Philadelphia Mayor Parker

Guy Ciarrocchi, RealClearPennsylvania

Since the dust settled on the 2024 campaign, I’ve been concerned that Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker’s re-election in 2027 was not a... 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

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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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