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Skill Games Are Ruled Illegal. Now What?
Steve Ulrich, Broad + Liberty
PA GOP Won't Admit it Has an Enthusiasm Problem
Ernie Springer, LancasterOnline
Rodent Infestation, Deterioration at PennDot HQ
Todd Shepherd, Broad + Liberty
Bill to Ban "Gas Station Heroin" Passes PA House
Jessica Guay, CBS Pittsburgh
Data Centers Scrambling PA Politics
Steve Ulrich, PoliticsPA
Shapiro Announced Nokia's Investment in Pennsylvania
Lori Burkholder, WGAL
The Scoop on PA's Ice Cream Trail
Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Parents Will Soon Have Access to School Vaccination Data
Sarah Gantz, Inquirer
Lawmakers Renew Push to Regulate, Tax Skill Games
Peter Hall, PA Capital-Star
Private Penn State Trustee Meetings May Violate Law
A.J. Rao, Spotlight PA

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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Teaching the Declaration Starts at the Archives
Every generation inherits the Declaration of Independence and its promises.
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More Criminals Using Teens to Move Guns
Claudia Dimuro, PennLive
The Future of America's Shipbuilding Is in Philadelphia
Michael Graham, DV Journal
Who’s Winning in Pennsylvania?
John Prideaux, The Economist
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Greg Sargent, The New Republic

Skill Games Are Ruled Illegal. Now What?

Steve Ulrich, Broad + Liberty

The ramifications of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling on skill games go far beyond your corner bar or nearby gas station. Read More

PA GOP Won't Admit it Has an Enthusiasm Problem

Ernie Springer, LancasterOnline

As Pennsylvania Republicans head toward the 2026 gubernatorial race, an uncomfortable reality is becoming impossible to ignore: the energy... Read More

Rodent Infestation, Deterioration at PennDot HQ

Todd Shepherd, Broad + Liberty

Employees at a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation office in Harrisburg have reported a months-long rodent problem, stair treads held... Read More

Bill to Ban "Gas Station Heroin" Passes PA House

Jessica Guay, CBS Pittsburgh

The state House passed a bill that would make what's known as "gas station heroin" illegal in Pennsylvania. Read More

Data Centers Scrambling PA Politics

Steve Ulrich, PoliticsPA

🌞 It’s Wednesday! The halfway mark Headlines. Fight Over US Datacenters Is Scrambling Pennsylvania Politics. Energy Future A Defining... Read More

Shapiro Announced Nokia's Investment in Pennsylvania

Lori Burkholder, WGAL

Gov. Josh Shapiro announced a multi-million dollar investment from Nokia into production operations in Pennsylvania during a visit to Lehigh... Read More

The Scoop on PA's Ice Cream Trail

Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

For some families, car trips are an integral part of summer. So is stopping somewhere along the way for ice cream, and not only because kids... Read More

Parents Will Soon Have Access to School Vaccination Data

Sarah Gantz, Inquirer

The new initiative will offer a closer look at childhood vaccination rates, similar to an interactive school lookup tool published by The... Read More

Lawmakers Renew Push to Regulate, Tax Skill Games

Peter Hall, PA Capital-Star

The state Supreme Court found the devices can’t skirt state control over gambling Read More

Private Penn State Trustee Meetings May Violate Law

A.J. Rao, Spotlight PA

A Penn State spokesperson said it believes these sessions “are structured to comply with the law.” 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

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

Sponsored Curation Powered By:

Essential Reading

Teaching the Declaration Starts at the Archives
Every generation inherits the Declaration of Independence and its promises.
Jefferson and the Declaration
Anytime I teach the Declaration of Independence, I find that the most important question to cover is one that is not actually mentioned in the document itself: slavery.

In the News

Multimedia

America at 250: A Conversation with Peggy Noonan
Why Civics Education Is America’s New Flashpoin
The Long Road to Juneteenth

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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