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McCormick on Iran, Permitting Reform & His Fetterman Bond

L. Caldwell, Puck

A spicy conversation with Pennsylvania Senator Dave McCormick on choking out Iran, reversing Biden-era energy policies, and his unlikely... Read More

Shapiro Visits Philly to Debut $125M Investment in Life Sciences

Ethan Young, Inq

The new funding comes as some of the nation’s largest life sciences companies have announced plans to invest billions in Pennsylvania. Read More

Thune Says GOP Would Welcome Fetterman

Alic & Grinstein , Examiner

New PA Law Fights Back Against Billions of Robocalls

Zach Hoopes, PennLive

Mastriano’s Slovakian Ambassadorship Bid in Question

G. Stockburger, ABC27

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What You Need to Know About PA-7's Spending Race

T. Shortell, LVPublicMedia

Corbett Co-authors Column Criticizing SAVE Act

J.D. Prose, PennLive

Trump Denied Johnny Doc’s Request to Be Let Out of Prison Early

C. Palmer, Inq

John Dougherty was one of about 5,600 people whose commutation applications were denied earlier this month, the Justice Department said. Read More

Pennsylvania Avoided Tax Hikes—But Only for Now

Andrew Lewis, RealClearPA

Twelve days behind schedule — but still 110 days earlier than last year — Pennsylvania lawmakers finally passed a $52.2 billion state... 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

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

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

PA Ed. Funding Reached $22,000 Per Student

E. Aymond, Commonwealth Foundation

Harrisburg, Pa., May 21, 2024 — Pennsylvania per-student spending increased to $21,985 in the 2022–23 school year, according to... Read More

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

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Essential Reading

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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.