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Wednesday, March 11

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Will Fetterman Endorse Shapiro This Year?

Christopher Nicholas, RealClearPA

PA AG Pushes Forward With Ticketmaster Monopoly Lawsuit

Derek Cestone, WTAJ

Will a Lawsuit Open PA’s Primaries to Independent Voters?

K. Huangpu, Spotlight PA

Proposed 52% Tax on Skill Games Debated at Hearing

Ford Turner, Center Square

State, Federal Races Spice Up PA Primary Ballots

Charles Thompson, PennLive

Former Congressman Calls For Rep. Bresnahan’s Resignation

S. Ulrich, PoliticsPA

Permit Reform is Boring — Until You Need to Get One

Editorial, Post-Gazette

Allegheny Co. Council Passes Bans ICE Cooperation

Jacob Geanous, Post-Gazette

How the DHS Shutdown is Impacting Philly Flights

Fallon Roth, Inquirer

PA Lawmaker Proposes Temporarily Suspending Gas Taxes

Mike Darnay, CBS

A Roadside Emergency Leads to a Happy Ending

Courtenay Bond, PhillyVoice

6.4% of PA Adults Could be Problem Gamblers, Study

Bethany Rodgers, Goerie

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

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

Jack Miller Center

Jack Miller Center to Expand Civics Programs with $2.5 Million Grant
Elliott Drago, Jack Miller Center

From Homeschooled to Historian

Multimedia

Why Civics Education Is America’s New Flashpoin

The Long Road to Juneteenth

Lincoln’s Prophetic Statesmanship with Edward Erler

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

Will Fetterman Endorse Shapiro This Year?

Christopher Nicholas, RealClearPA

Much has been written about the likelihood of Gov. Josh Shapiro endorsing embattled Democratic U.S. Sen. John Fetterman’s potential... Read More

PA AG Pushes Forward With Ticketmaster Monopoly Lawsuit

Derek Cestone, WTAJ

Attorney General Dave Sunday and a coalition of Attorneys General are continuing to pursue a lawsuit against Live Nation and its subsidiary,... Read More

Will a Lawsuit Open PA’s Primaries to Independent Voters?

K. Huangpu, Spotlight PA

The suit argues PA’s closed primaries violate the state constitution by giving Democrats and Republicans more voting power than... Read More

Proposed 52% Tax on Skill Games Debated at Hearing

Ford Turner, Center Square

(The Center Square) - The biggest proposed new moneymaker in Pennsylvania government may also launch one of the sharpest debates of the 2026... Read More

State, Federal Races Spice Up PA Primary Ballots

Charles Thompson, PennLive

For most south central Pennsylvania voters, the May 19 primary elections will be a day to do your civic duty, but the real political drama... Read More

Former Congressman Calls For Rep. Bresnahan’s Resignation

S. Ulrich, PoliticsPA

That is the question surrounding Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-08) that will not go away. Is he actively involved with his trades in his securities... Read More

Permit Reform is Boring — Until You Need to Get One

Editorial, Post-Gazette

The early returns from Mayor Corey O’Connor’s day-one executive order targeting permitting reform are very encouraging. On Monday, the... Read More

Allegheny Co. Council Passes Bans ICE Cooperation

Jacob Geanous, Post-Gazette

The legislation prohibits county employees from investigating a person’s immigration status, participating in immigration enforcement, or... Read More

How the DHS Shutdown is Impacting Philly Flights

Fallon Roth, Inquirer

As of Saturday, all security checkpoints are open at Philadelphia International Airport. Read More

PA Lawmaker Proposes Temporarily Suspending Gas Taxes

Mike Darnay, CBS

Pennsylvania Senator Lisa Boscola says she plans to introduce legislation that would temporarily pause Pennsylvania's gas and diesel taxes... Read More

A Roadside Emergency Leads to a Happy Ending

Courtenay Bond, PhillyVoice

A Temple Health nurse and a pair of Pennsylvania Turnpike workers saved the life of a driver who was in cardiac arrest late last year. They... Read More

6.4% of PA Adults Could be Problem Gamblers, Study

Bethany Rodgers, Goerie

More than half the calls to Pennsylvania’s gambling helplines are now mentioning online gaming as the focus of their compulsive... Read More