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Thursday, February 5

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In Allentown, Republicans Are Fighting to Keep Latino Support

E. Findell, WSJ

Bill Banning Cell Phones in PA Schools Passes in Senate

S. Allabaugh, Timesleader

One Midstate District Already Tried a Cell Phone Ban

Alton Northup, Abc27

Shapiro Wants to 'Go Big' on Housing

Tom Riese, 90.5 WESA

Shapiro Proposes $53.3B Budget for FY27

Steve Ulrich, Broad + Liberty

Minimum Wage Gets Renewed Focus in PA

Christen Smith, The Center Square

PA Official Responds to Trump's Election Nationalization Idea

Tom Lehman, WGAL

PA Gov. Shapiro Says Utilities Are Making Too Much Profit

Susan Phillips, WHYY

Pitt Researcher Studies East Palestine Train Derailment

Jack Troy, Tribune-Review

Fitzpatrick Has Most Cash Among Swing District Republican

A. Schneider, Inquirer

National Politics Must Not Delay State Budget

Editorial, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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

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.

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

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.

Liberal Education as Civic Education

At the heart of the Western intellectual tradition is the claim that the liberal arts aim to make a man free.

In the News

Elliott Drago, Jack Miller Center

From Homeschooled to Historian
Jack Miller Center

The Jack Miller Center Announces Teaching America250 Awards Recipients

Multimedia

Why Civics Education Is America’s New Flashpoin

The Long Road to Juneteenth

Lincoln’s Prophetic Statesmanship with Edward Erler

Podcasts

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

Why The Candidates Are Investing Time Into Pennsylvania

Sarah McCammon, NPR

In Allentown, Republicans Are Fighting to Keep Latino Support

E. Findell, WSJ

Trump made gains with a demographic that historically has voted for Democrats, but the economy and deportations are a headwind in the midterms Read More

Bill Banning Cell Phones in PA Schools Passes in Senate

S. Allabaugh, Timesleader

Pennsylvania classrooms could soon be cell phone-free from bell to bell. Read More

One Midstate District Already Tried a Cell Phone Ban

Alton Northup, Abc27

The State Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would require K-12 schools to implement a bell-to-bell phone-free policy next school year. Read More

Shapiro Wants to 'Go Big' on Housing

Tom Riese, 90.5 WESA

The governor hopes the fund, financed by the issuing of bonds, will bolster a housing boom in the state, though he sees money also going... Read More

Shapiro Proposes $53.3B Budget for FY27

Steve Ulrich, Broad + Liberty

Gov. Josh Shapiro delivered his 2026-27 budget proposal in an 84-minute address before a joint session of the state House and Senate on... Read More

Minimum Wage Gets Renewed Focus in PA

Christen Smith, The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania’s minimum hourly wage has been unchanged for 16 years, even as its neighboring states have climbed... Read More

PA Official Responds to Trump's Election Nationalization Idea

Tom Lehman, WGAL

Pennsylvania’s top elections official pushed back on comments from President Trump this week that he wants to see more federal oversight on... Read More

PA Gov. Shapiro Says Utilities Are Making Too Much Profit

Susan Phillips, WHYY

Shapiro’s plan includes heightened scrutiny of utility profits by state regulators and getting rid of “junk fees.” Read More

Pitt Researcher Studies East Palestine Train Derailment

Jack Troy, Tribune-Review

University of Pittsburgh researcher Juliane Beier is a leading authority on how colorless, sweet-smelling vinyl chloride can cause cancer and... Read More

Fitzpatrick Has Most Cash Among Swing District Republican

A. Schneider, Inquirer

Democrat Bob Harvie has name recognition in Bucks County, but will it matter when Republican Brian Fitzpatrick has nearly 20 times more cash? Read More

National Politics Must Not Delay State Budget

Editorial, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Fewer than three months after last year’s Pennsylvania state budget negotiations ended, this year’s budget process began yesterday with... Read More