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Friday, February 13

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Sen. Fetterman Changes Stance on Voter ID

Sam Janesch, PennLive

Out-of-State Donors Helped Shapiro Raise $30 Million

Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer

Bresnahan On Healthcare, Data Centers, His First Term

Linda Stein, RCPA

Raising a Family in PA Feels Harder Than It Should

Athan Koutsiouroumbas, RCPA

AI Data Centers Aren’t Just Another Factory

Rod Williamson, RealClearPennsylvania

America at 250: Miracle at Philadelphia

Gene Pisasale, RealClearPennsylvania

Separation of Powers Keeps Us Free

Editorial, Broad + Liberty

Here’s How PA House Members Voted on Voter ID

J.D. Prose, PennLive

Shapiro Pitches Student Teacher, Child Care Worker Raises

S. Boden, Spotlight PA

PA is Third in The Country For Layoff Notices

Peter Hall, Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Shapiro Pitches $1B Housing Program

Carmen Russell-Sluchansky, WHYY

Carnegie Mellon Receives 2nd-Most Foreign Funding

Maddie Aiken, Post-Gazette

Rep. Fitzpatrick Supports Banning Masks for ICE Agents

Fallon Roth, 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

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

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

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

Sen. Fetterman Changes Stance on Voter ID

Sam Janesch, PennLive

He said his comments against voter ID, made when he was Pa.'s lieutenant governor, were said "out of deference" to Gov. Wolf. Read More

Out-of-State Donors Helped Shapiro Raise $30 Million

Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer

The Inquirer analyzed the candidates' latest campaign finance filings to find who — and how much money — is pouring into the Pennsylvania... Read More

Bresnahan On Healthcare, Data Centers, His First Term

Linda Stein, RCPA

Rep. Rob Bresnahan, Jr. headed back from Washington to lend his support at the scene of a recent fire that led to the evacuation of 77... Read More

Raising a Family in PA Feels Harder Than It Should

Athan Koutsiouroumbas, RCPA

Wherever parents congregate, you hear the same thing. The refrain can be heard at school pickup lines, church basements, birthday parties,... Read More

AI Data Centers Aren’t Just Another Factory

Rod Williamson, RealClearPennsylvania

In Pennsylvania, big electricity users are nothing new. From the steel mills that helped build America’s industrial backbone, to specialty... Read More

America at 250: Miracle at Philadelphia

Gene Pisasale, RealClearPennsylvania

“It appears to me, then, little short of a miracle, that the Delegates from so many different States … should unite in forming a system... Read More

Separation of Powers Keeps Us Free

Editorial, Broad + Liberty

In 1642, King Charles I marched into the House of Commons determined to personally arrest five members of Parliament. Read More

Here’s How PA House Members Voted on Voter ID

J.D. Prose, PennLive

"Now the Senate needs to get this done," said Rep. Scott Perry in a social media post. Read More

Shapiro Pitches Student Teacher, Child Care Worker Raises

S. Boden, Spotlight PA

Early childhood educators and student teachers would see modest gains under the proposal, but he did not propose raises for home care workers. Read More

PA is Third in The Country For Layoff Notices

Peter Hall, Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Among the companies laying off the largest numbers are Amazon Fresh and the supermarket chain GIANT. Read More

Shapiro Pitches $1B Housing Program

Carmen Russell-Sluchansky, WHYY

The plan is part of Shapiro’s budget pitch and includes a $1 billion proposal, renter protections, zoning reforms and a strategy to tackle... Read More

Carnegie Mellon Receives 2nd-Most Foreign Funding

Maddie Aiken, Post-Gazette

Carnegie Mellon University receives the second highest amount in foreign funding of any university in the country, trailing just behind... Read More

Rep. Fitzpatrick Supports Banning Masks for ICE Agents

Fallon Roth, Inquirer

As Democrats are blocking DHS funding in pursuit of reforms for ICE, Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick says changes at the agency are... Read More