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Shapiro’s Admin Consulted With Amazon, Data Centers
Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer
John Fetterman’s Party-Switch Calculus
Ed Kilgore, Intelligencer
The Fetterman Show
Jacob Heilbrunn, The Spectator
Perry, Stelson Race for Congress Most Expensive in PA
Jordan Wilkie, WITF
McCormick on Keeping Pressure on SAVE America Act
Mornings with Maria, Fox
PA House Passes bill to Reform Felony Murder Statute
Ward & Fontaine, Trib-Review
La Torre Live Ep 425
Staff, La Torre Live
Prior Authorization Should Not Stand Between Seniors, Care
Kelly & Stallings, RCPA
Unleash Utility Companies to Expand Electric Grid
Christopher Carney, Times-Tribune
Shapiro Joins Lawsuit Challenging Election
Peter Hall, PA Capital-Star
A New Fed Judge for Philly Was Confirmed by U.S. Senate
Chris Palmer, Inquirer
PA's Energy Advantage Should Lower Bills
William desRosiers, RealClearPennsylvania
Wallace Confident in Fight for Meuser's Congress Seat
Laura Ulrich, NorthCentralPA
Data-Center Debate Has One Winning Argument
David Harsanyi, New York Post
Why Aren’t More 18-Year-Olds Registering to Vote in PA?
Editorial, Tribune-Review

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

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Shapiro’s Admin Consulted With Amazon, Data Centers

Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer

Emails show the role the technology giants played in influencing the final version of Shapiro’s data center guardrails — though that... Read More

John Fetterman’s Party-Switch Calculus

Ed Kilgore, Intelligencer

The erratic Pennsylvania Democrat is flirting with a party flip. If the midterms produce a narrow Senate majority, he could have massive... Read More

The Fetterman Show

Jacob Heilbrunn, The Spectator

Will he or won’t he? Senator John Fetterman is causing heart palpitations among Democrats with his recent threat to cross the political... Read More

Perry, Stelson Race for Congress Most Expensive in PA

Jordan Wilkie, WITF

More donors are giving more money to candidates for the10th-district than any other congressional seat in the state. Democratic challenger... Read More

McCormick on Keeping Pressure on SAVE America Act

Mornings with Maria, Fox

Sen. Dave McCormick addresses concerns about mail-in ballots, sharing a personal anecdote about receiving 10 unrequested ballots. Read More

PA House Passes bill to Reform Felony Murder Statute

Ward & Fontaine, Trib-Review

On the eve of a court-imposed Friday deadline for the Legislature to reform the state’s felony murder statute, the House narrowly passed a... Read More

La Torre Live Ep 425

Staff, La Torre Live

Ep. 425 with @PhilaFreedomGuy and Dr. Keith/Art’s Shirt/Dem POTUS talk/Blue Wave?/Dr. Keith’s Sports Bets/What We’re WatchingSee... Read More

Prior Authorization Should Not Stand Between Seniors, Care

Kelly & Stallings, RCPA

For many Americans across the nation, navigating approvals for necessary health care can feel as challenging as the illness or condition they... Read More

Unleash Utility Companies to Expand Electric Grid

Christopher Carney, Times-Tribune

Opinion: PA utilities are not allowed to build or own the power plants needed to serve customers directly. Read More

Shapiro Joins Lawsuit Challenging Election

Peter Hall, PA Capital-Star

A New Fed Judge for Philly Was Confirmed by U.S. Senate

Chris Palmer, Inquirer

Antonio Pozos will become the region's first new district court judge to be appointed by President Donald Trump during his second term. Read More

PA's Energy Advantage Should Lower Bills

William desRosiers, RealClearPennsylvania

Energy affordability is top of mind across America, but in Northeast Pennsylvania it is especially personal. After living in the region for... Read More

Wallace Confident in Fight for Meuser's Congress Seat

Laura Ulrich, NorthCentralPA

Williamsport, Pa. — Congressional candidate Rachel Wallace held an intimate fundraising event in Williamsport this week. Read More

Data-Center Debate Has One Winning Argument

David Harsanyi, New York Post

The voices against data centers are the same Luddites who’ve spread environmental apocalypticism to stop modernization projects like... Read More

Why Aren’t More 18-Year-Olds Registering to Vote in PA?

Editorial, Tribune-Review

Pennsylvania is better than average at voting. This isn’t about party. It’s not about encouraging voting in a presidential or midterm... Read More

Research

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

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Click on a state to learn more energy facts.

> 50% 40-55% 30-40% 20-30% 10-20% AK HI AZ UT CO NE OK MS AL GA NC VA NJ RI DE MD CT MA VT ME NY IA ND WI OH KY IL TN SC IN PA NH WV MI MN OR WA CA NV MT WY NM TX FL LA AR SD MO KS ID

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Essential Reading

May Aliens Be Deported Based on Their Speech?
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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.

In the News

Multimedia

Zuckerberg Ending Censorship on Facebook: "The Fact-Checkers Have Just Been Too Politically Biased"
John Kerry Tells WEF: Our First Amendment Stands As A Major Block Against Hammering Disinformation Out of Existence
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American Civics

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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

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

With the issues of trade and energy policy front and center in American politics, Jeff Vogel joins the Delaware Valley Journal podcast to... Read More

Who’s Winning in Pennsylvania?

John Prideaux, The Economist

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week our hosts travel to the state most likely to decide the election Read More

Shapiro: Here’s Why Harris Is On Track to Win

Greg Sargent, The New Republic

As polls show a tight race in Pennsylvania, which Trump cannot lose, Governor Josh Shapiro explains why he thinks Kamala Harris is on her way... Read More


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