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Tuesday, March 18

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Gov: DC Trip Helped Unfreeze Fed Funds. WH Disagrees

G. McGoldrick, Inquirer

How Penn State’s Spending Has Shifted Amid Budget Woes

W. Massey, Spotlight PA

Family of Missing Pitt Student Asking Police Declare Her Dead

Staff, Tribune-Rev

Pennsylvania’s Local Leadership Crisis

Eliyahu Gasson, Latrobe Bulletin

Immigration Helps Pittsburgh Area's Population Stabilize

Ryan Deto, Axios

Fast-Growing King of Prussia Eyed for Future Development

P. Schwedelson, PBJ

PA Fire Hydrants Should Be Flow Tested Regularly

Editorial, Tribune-Review

Lebanon Co. DA Reports Being Target of Harassment

Charles Thompson, PennLive

Lehigh Valley Housing Market Is Tightening Up

Evan Jones, Morning Call

Gaughan Goes to Court to Reset Process to Replace McGloin

Staff, WVIA

Research

New UCLA Data: Latino Voters in PA Could Sway Election

Phan et al., UCLA

Could Local Sales Taxes Come to PA's Counties?

Frank Gamrat, Alleghenyinstitute

PA Ed. Funding Reached $22,000 Per Student

E. Aymond, Commonwealth Foundation

Philadelphia's Post-ARPA Fiscal Reality

Katie Martin, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Videos

Shapiro Talks Permit Fast Track

McCormick Speaks Out After Casey's Concession

PA Congressman-Elect Bresnahan on How He Flipped a Dem District

New Body-Cam Video Shows Moments After Trump Shooting

USA Energy Affordability Map

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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.

Essential Reading

John Marshall and the Judicial Branch

The Supreme Court's ruling in Marbury v. Madison (1803) has long been recognized for its important articulation...

Civics Needs Pluralism

America is a beautiful--and decidedly pluralistic--country. Our education system contains 12,546 locally controlled school districts...

In the News

Glenn Moots, Law & Liberty

How Religious Liberty Won
Shawn Healy, Hechinger Report

During Civic Learning Week, Let’s Push for National Progress

Multimedia

Understanding America's Succession of Power

The National Summit on Civic Education 2024

Cooperation, Not Compromise in the Classroom

Podcasts

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

Why Pennsylvania is Neither Blue Nor Red--It’s Pink

Staff, Broad + Liberty

Gov: DC Trip Helped Unfreeze Fed Funds. WH Disagrees

G. McGoldrick, Inquirer

A spokesperson for the White House said individual actions by governors did not affect the ongoing government-wide review. Read More

How Penn State’s Spending Has Shifted Amid Budget Woes

W. Massey, Spotlight PA

Penn State cut millions from several programs while boosting others since revealing a budget deficit in 2022. See the full breakdown from... Read More

Family of Missing Pitt Student Asking Police Declare Her Dead

Staff, Tribune-Rev

The family of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki are asking authorities in the Dominican Republic to declare her... Read More

Pennsylvania’s Local Leadership Crisis

Eliyahu Gasson, Latrobe Bulletin

Local governments in some Pennsylvania communities are facing a continuing crisis: a shortage of residents willing to step up and serve. Read More

Immigration Helps Pittsburgh Area's Population Stabilize

Ryan Deto, Axios

Fast-Growing King of Prussia Eyed for Future Development

P. Schwedelson, PBJ

PA Fire Hydrants Should Be Flow Tested Regularly

Editorial, Tribune-Review

There are few things in life that are more important than water. We need it to drink. We need it to clean. We might need it to control a... Read More

Lebanon Co. DA Reports Being Target of Harassment

Charles Thompson, PennLive

The Attorney General's office is investigating reports that a woman has called Lebanon County Pier Hess Graf more than 100 times over her... Read More

Lehigh Valley Housing Market Is Tightening Up

Evan Jones, Morning Call

Data for February showed that prices continued to rise amid a compacted inventory as both buyers and sellers are taking a moment to figure... Read More

Gaughan Goes to Court to Reset Process to Replace McGloin

Staff, WVIA

McGloin resigned last month and Gaughan wants to county court of common pleas to run the selection process from start to finish instead of... Read More

Research

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

Could Local Sales Taxes Come to PA's Counties?

Frank Gamrat, Alleghenyinstitute

Philadelphia and Pittsburgh counties already implment a sales tax. Proposed legislation would allow the other 65 counties in Pennsylvania to... Read More