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Here’s What's in PA's $50.8 billion State Budget

McGoldrick & Young, Inquirer

How to Accelerate the Military Supply Chain in PA

Brandon Daniels, RealClearPA

Stelson’s Campaign Reports Raising Nearly $2M in 2nd Q

J.D. Prose, PennLive

Questions Remain About PA Budget

Tom Shortell, LehighValleyPublicMedia

PA Legislature Awards Millions in No-Bid Contracts

T. Christopher, PennLive

PA Lawmakers Adopt $50.8B Budget

Caruso & White, Spotlight PA

Bresnahan Calls for CDL Reforms After Crash Kills Trooper

J. Horvath, Times-Trib

Time Is Now for the Common Sense Coalition

G. Ciarrocchi, Broad & Liberty

Defense Industry’s Major Players Gather in PA

Emily Goodin, New York Post

PA Budget Includes $157M More for Philly’s Schools

Sitrin et al., PA Cap-Star

Pittsburgh-Area Lawmakers, Advocates Celebrate Budget Wins

Tom Riese, WESA

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 Ladies, and How We Remember Them

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

Teaching the Declaration Starts at the Archives

Every generation inherits the Declaration of Independence and its promises.

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 Flashpoin

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

Here’s What's in PA's $50.8 billion State Budget

McGoldrick & Young, Inquirer

New data center reporting requirements, mandatory recess for kids in grades K-5, and a pension bump are among the issues that made the cut.... Read More

How to Accelerate the Military Supply Chain in PA

Brandon Daniels, RealClearPA

Today, at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, U.S. Sen. David McCormick is convening some of America’s top leaders, including President... Read More

Stelson’s Campaign Reports Raising Nearly $2M in 2nd Q

J.D. Prose, PennLive

Questions Remain About PA Budget

Tom Shortell, LehighValleyPublicMedia

PA Legislature Awards Millions in No-Bid Contracts

T. Christopher, PennLive

PA Lawmakers Adopt $50.8B Budget

Caruso & White, Spotlight PA

The plan also preserves the state’s nearly $8 billion rainy day fund by using off-budget “special” funds and accounting maneuvers. Read More

Bresnahan Calls for CDL Reforms After Crash Kills Trooper

J. Horvath, Times-Trib

In the wake of a crash that killed a state trooper this month, U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan reiterated support for a proposed law aimed at... Read More

Time Is Now for the Common Sense Coalition

G. Ciarrocchi, Broad & Liberty

Defense Industry’s Major Players Gather in PA

Emily Goodin, New York Post

Keystone State companies produce thousands of parts along the US military’s supply chain, playing vital roles in producing ships, vehicles... Read More

PA Budget Includes $157M More for Philly’s Schools

Sitrin et al., PA Cap-Star

Pittsburgh-Area Lawmakers, Advocates Celebrate Budget Wins

Tom Riese, WESA

With key bills signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro Sunday evening, the $50.8 billion Pennsylvania state budget increases funding for public... Read More

Research

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

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

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