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The Economy Weighs Heavily for Latino Voters
Andrea Padilla, Inquirer
Data Center Regulation (Or Not) in Pennsylvania
John Quigley, Kleinman Center
Why Elections Mean Faster State Budgets in PA
E. Previti, PA Capital-Star
Fetterman Labels Mamdani ‘Clown’ Over Netanyahu Arrest Threat
M. Bhakta, Hill
Why Pittsburgh Restaurants Are Closing
Rachel Wilkinson, Tribune-Review
PSU Rural Health Expert: Medicaid Changes Mean Struggles
A. Danahy, WVIA
Alvernia University Is Expanding Into Allentown
Avery Folmar, Morning Call
Officials Discussed Data Center Before Public Knew
C. Thompson, PennLive
A Time for Choosing — Again
Guy Ciarrocchi, Broad & Liberty

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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The Economy Weighs Heavily for Latino Voters

Andrea Padilla, Inquirer

Latino voters shifted toward President Donald Trump nationally in 2024, but several Philly Latino voters say they're all in on Democratic... Read More

Data Center Regulation (Or Not) in Pennsylvania

John Quigley, Kleinman Center

Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania Read More

Why Elections Mean Faster State Budgets in PA

E. Previti, PA Capital-Star

Fetterman Labels Mamdani ‘Clown’ Over Netanyahu Arrest Threat

M. Bhakta, Hill

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Wednesday called New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) a “clown” over the latter’s call to arrest... Read More

Why Pittsburgh Restaurants Are Closing

Rachel Wilkinson, Tribune-Review

Con Alma, the Downtown restaurant and jazz club, made waves when it launched a GoFundMe campaign last December. Though crowdfunding is more... Read More

PSU Rural Health Expert: Medicaid Changes Mean Struggles

A. Danahy, WVIA

As states and people who get their health coverage from Medicaid get ready to meet new requirements that take effect Jan. 1, 2027, a Penn... Read More

Alvernia University Is Expanding Into Allentown

Avery Folmar, Morning Call

Alvernia will open a location in Allentown next month, offering a hybrid Master of Business Administration program and the Empowered Ed... Read More

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C. Thompson, PennLive

A Time for Choosing — Again

Guy Ciarrocchi, Broad & Liberty

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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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

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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

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.

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Multimedia

The Greatest WWII Novel
America at 250: A Conversation with Peggy Noonan
Why Civics Education Is America’s New Flashpoin

Podcasts

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Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week our hosts travel to the state most likely to decide the election Read More

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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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