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Dems Think They Halted PA GOP's Voter Registration Surge
Katie Bernard, Inquirer
Rep. Fitzpatrick Wants to Make Changes at ICE
Andrew Seidman, Inquirer
PA Electric Utility Agrees to Data Center Rate Protections
Susan Phillips, WHYY
Transit Advocates and Gov. Shapiro Push for Funding
Ed Blazina, Post-Gazette
When ‘Fairness’ Means Erasing Women
Emily Kreps, Broad + Liberty
The Fetterman and Shapiro Paradox
Alton Northup, Abc27
New $17B Southwestern PA Power Plant Announced
J. Salant, Post-Gazette
TSA staffing Crisis Deepens At Philadelphia Airport
Hilary Danailova, City & State PA
Mars and Adams Township Consider a Municipal Merger
S. Ocneanu, Post-Gazette
Radnor Township, PA, Uses AI-Powered Traffic Signals
CBS Philadelphia, Staff
Shapiro Raved About Gun Tracing Database. It Vanished.
R. Miller, LVL

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

Dems Think They Halted PA GOP's Voter Registration Surge

Katie Bernard, Inquirer

Anger at President Donald Trump brought momentum to Democratic voter registration efforts, but it's too early to tell whether the party's... Read More

Rep. Fitzpatrick Wants to Make Changes at ICE

Andrew Seidman, Inquirer

The Bucks County Republican said he's working out the terms of a bill that would prohibit Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from... Read More

PA Electric Utility Agrees to Data Center Rate Protections

Susan Phillips, WHYY

It’s the first time a Pennsylvania utility agreed to shield average ratepayers from data center costs. Data centers will pay $11 million... Read More

Transit Advocates and Gov. Shapiro Push for Funding

Ed Blazina, Post-Gazette

Last fall, Gov. Josh Shapiro allowed public transit agencies to use capital funds for the next two years to cover operating costs while the... Read More

When ‘Fairness’ Means Erasing Women

Emily Kreps, Broad + Liberty

The latest meeting of the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee should be a wake-up call for women across this Commonwealth. Read More

The Fetterman and Shapiro Paradox

Alton Northup, Abc27

Pennsylvania’s only two statewide elected Democrats can’t seem to stay away from the media, and they can’t seem to be any... Read More

New $17B Southwestern PA Power Plant Announced

J. Salant, Post-Gazette

WASHINGTON — Details remain scarce a day after the Trump administration announced plans to build a $17 billion natural gas-fired power... Read More

TSA staffing Crisis Deepens At Philadelphia Airport

Hilary Danailova, City & State PA

Massive security lines have travelers waiting hours – a situation that is worsening as spring break crowds strain a TSA workforce winnowed... Read More

Mars and Adams Township Consider a Municipal Merger

S. Ocneanu, Post-Gazette

A proposal to merge Adams and Mars could reshape finances and how public services are delivered in one of Butler County’s fastest-growing... Read More

Radnor Township, PA, Uses AI-Powered Traffic Signals

CBS Philadelphia, Staff

Radnor Township, Pennsylvania, is using AI-powered traffic signals along Lancaster Avenue in an effort to make streets safer and improve... Read More

Shapiro Raved About Gun Tracing Database. It Vanished.

R. Miller, LVL

He wanted police to share data, to work together to track down potentially negligent gun dealers who sold large volumes of guns that were... 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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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

America’s Civic Values Outweigh its Divisions
Americans of all backgrounds overwhelmingly support a core set of legal and constitutional obligations.
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.

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

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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