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The Hidden Face of Pennsylvania's Gambling Boom

Isaac Avilucea, Axios

Garrity Calls For Shapiro To Return $5.7M In Donations

S. Ulrich, PoliticsPA

Pennsylvanians Agree Tax System Is Unfair, But Disagree Why

S. Trende, RCPolling

Residents Sue After Being Locked Out of Twp. Data Center Meeting

Staff, LHV

Tupone Takes Stand to Defend Third-Party Candidacy in PA-07

S. Novak, ALV

The Growing Fight Over Flock Cameras

Chrissy Suttles & Astrid Galvan, Axios

Microplastics Found in Schuylkill River Watershed Insects

Zoe Read, WHYY

Justin Wagner Challenges Mike Kelly in Western PA District

Staff, TribLive

Fetterman Rejects Data Center and AI 'Doomsdaying'

C. Schroppe, Wash Examiner

Why Pennsylvanians Care So Much About Region Names, Borders

Staff, Spotlight

Research

Working Class Voters' Role in the 2024 PA Election

Clark, P. F. , Sagepub

PA Voters Bridge Divide in Polling® Event

Deliberative Democracy Lab, Stanford

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

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.

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

The Declaration Heard ‘Round the World'

The men who signed the Declaration could not have dreamed of the influence it would have.

The Ladies, and How We Remember Them

Abigail Adams admonished her husband to “remember the ladies.”

In the News

Liberty & Order

Caesar, Cato, or Cincinnatus?
Michael Auslin, Jack Miller Center

The Living Declaration

Multimedia

The Greatest WWII Novel

America at 250: A Conversation with Peggy Noonan

Why Civics Education Is America’s New Flashpoint

Podcasts

La Torre Live - 8.22.26

David La Torre, La Torre Communications

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

The Hidden Face of Pennsylvania's Gambling Boom

Isaac Avilucea, Axios

Garrity Calls For Shapiro To Return $5.7M In Donations

S. Ulrich, PoliticsPA

Republican State Treasurer Stacy Garrity called upon Gov. Josh Shapiro to return $5.7 million in so-called “data center” campaign... Read More

Pennsylvanians Agree Tax System Is Unfair, But Disagree Why

S. Trende, RCPolling

In the next installment of four pieces exploring attitudes among Pennsylvanians surrounding inequality and taxation, RealClear Opinion... Read More

Residents Sue After Being Locked Out of Twp. Data Center Meeting

Staff, LHV

Eight residents say their neighbors were locked out of an important public meeting about the future of data centers in Salem Township,... Read More

Tupone Takes Stand to Defend Third-Party Candidacy in PA-07

S. Novak, ALV

Taking the stand twice in one day to defend his place on the 7th Congressional District ballot, Andrew Tupone, the self-described Green Party... Read More

The Growing Fight Over Flock Cameras

Chrissy Suttles & Astrid Galvan, Axios

Mounting privacy concerns are fueling bipartisan opposition to license plate readers made by Flock Safety and similar companies. Read More

Microplastics Found in Schuylkill River Watershed Insects

Zoe Read, WHYY

The researchers found that microplastics were as prevalent in forested parts of the watershed as they were in urban areas. Read More

Justin Wagner Challenges Mike Kelly in Western PA District

Staff, TribLive

The second longest-tenured congressman from Pennsylvania faces a challenge in his bid for a ninth term in Washington. Democrat Justin Wagner,... Read More

Fetterman Rejects Data Center and AI 'Doomsdaying'

C. Schroppe, Wash Examiner

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), a centrist Democrat, has consistently warned the United States may lose the artificial intelligence race to China. Read More

Why Pennsylvanians Care So Much About Region Names, Borders

Staff, Spotlight

Regional identities shape how Pennsylvanians relate to each other, what they call areas of the state, and where they decide to put down roots. Read More