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Senate Republicans Hold Out on a Budget Plan

Dennis Owens, Abc27

Philly School Officials Cutting 340 Classroom Jobs

Kristen Graham, Inquirer

Shapiro Releases First Campaign TV Ad

Steve Ulrich, PoliticsPA

Philly City Council Rejected Mayor’s Tax on Uber, Airbnb

Sean Walsh, Inquirer

'Nudification' Apps Have States ‘Scrambling’ to Regulate

Julia Kramer, Center Square

PA Moves to Regulate Home Equity Investment Industry

Tim Grant, Post-Gazette

How McCormick and Fetterman Will Vote on an AG Nominee

J.D. Prose, Pennlive

Budget Talks Underway as PA's Deadline Approaches

Eric Scicchitano, The Daily Item

Pennsylvania Should Lead, Not Obstruct, on Data Centers

Editorial, Broad + Liberty

Protect Kids From Online Gambling

Editorial, Inquirer

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

Videos

Voters Voice Concerns Before the PA Primary

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to see more funding for public transportation

PA GOP Congressman Slams State Leaders Over ICE Policies

Gov. Shapiro and UT Gov. Cox on State of Politics

USA Energy Affordability Map

Click on a state to learn more energy facts.

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.

Essential Reading

Remembering Washington’s Patriotism

No commemoration is complete without honoring Gen. George Washington as a founder among founders.

America’s Civic Values Outweigh its Divisions

Americans of all backgrounds overwhelmingly support a core set of legal and constitutional obligations.

In the News

Michael Auslin, Jack Miller Center

The Living Declaration
John C. Pinheiro, Law & Liberty

A Failure of Vision

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

Who’s Winning in Pennsylvania?

John Prideaux, The Economist

Shapiro: Here’s Why Harris Is On Track to Win

Greg Sargent, The New Republic

Senate Republicans Hold Out on a Budget Plan

Dennis Owens, Abc27

Democrats in the House have passed a $53.3 billion plan backed by Gov. Josh Shapiro (D). A few Republicans in that chamber backed it. Read More

Philly School Officials Cutting 340 Classroom Jobs

Kristen Graham, Inquirer

More than 340 school-based budget cuts are apparently still on the table, despite $48 million in new funds for the Philadelphia School... Read More

Shapiro Releases First Campaign TV Ad

Steve Ulrich, PoliticsPA

And so it begins. The Shapiro for Pennsylvania campaign released a new television and digital ad highlighting Gov. Josh Shapiro’s […] Read More

Philly City Council Rejected Mayor’s Tax on Uber, Airbnb

Sean Walsh, Inquirer

Parker had hoped to use revenue from a new tax on rideshare services to generate $48 million for the School District of Philadelphia. Council... Read More

'Nudification' Apps Have States ‘Scrambling’ to Regulate

Julia Kramer, Center Square

(The Center Square)- In wake of the nation’s first ban of AI “nudification” apps passed in Minnesota, Pennsylvania legislators are... Read More

PA Moves to Regulate Home Equity Investment Industry

Tim Grant, Post-Gazette

Pennsylvania lawmakers delivered a strong message this week to a fast-growing industry that critics say has operated for too long in the... Read More

How McCormick and Fetterman Will Vote on an AG Nominee

J.D. Prose, Pennlive

Sen. John Fetterman said Thursday that he would not vote to confirm acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, a day after Sen. Dave McCormick... Read More

Budget Talks Underway as PA's Deadline Approaches

Eric Scicchitano, The Daily Item

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s annual budget deadline approaches, and leading lawmakers say negotiations are ongoing. Read More

Pennsylvania Should Lead, Not Obstruct, on Data Centers

Editorial, Broad + Liberty

Republican gubernatorial candidate Stacy Garrity said last week that Pennsylvania should “pause data center development.” Read More

Protect Kids From Online Gambling

Editorial, Inquirer

Much of the blame for the explosion in legal online gambling and sports betting sites rests with Pennsylvania lawmakers. Now, kids are... Read More