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PA Dems Are Aiming for the ‘Trifecta’ in HBG
Carmen Russell-Sluchansky, WHYY
Fetterman, McCormick Bill Aims to Combat Spotted Lanternfly
E. Duke, Trib-Review
Data Center Buildout Renews Call for Tighter Fracking Rules
Jon Hurdle, Spotlight
Research Grant Cancellations Continue Piling Up at Pitt
K. Mamula, Post-Gazette
PA Health Insurance Rates Need Triage
Editorial, Tribune-Review
Dems Accuse Green Party Candidate of Rep Meddling
Sam Janesch, Inquirer
Why PA Quietly Repealed Its 1929 Midwifery Law
Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer
Conservative Activists Turn to PA Juror Records
Tom Riese, WESA

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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PA Dems Are Aiming for the ‘Trifecta’ in HBG

Carmen Russell-Sluchansky, WHYY

Democrats have big policy plans if they win the three seats they need for a majority in the state Senate. Read More

Fetterman, McCormick Bill Aims to Combat Spotted Lanternfly

E. Duke, Trib-Review

Most Pennsylvanians have probably come across, or even killed, a Spotted Lanternfly — an invasive species that threatens long-term damage.... Read More

Data Center Buildout Renews Call for Tighter Fracking Rules

Jon Hurdle, Spotlight

Environmental groups urged Pennsylvania towns and lawmakers to support a plan to widen the distance between communities and natural gas... Read More

Research Grant Cancellations Continue Piling Up at Pitt

K. Mamula, Post-Gazette

A federal agency that aims to make health care safer and less expensive has canceled two grants to University of Pittsburgh researchers,... Read More

PA Health Insurance Rates Need Triage

Editorial, Tribune-Review

The cost of staying healthy is climbing. The cost of getting sick is even worse. Prescription drug costs are up. So is the amount of money... Read More

Dems Accuse Green Party Candidate of Rep Meddling

Sam Janesch, Inquirer

The last-minute campaign has alarmed Democrats and the Green Party of Pennsylvania, which did not endorse the candidate in Pennsylvania's 7th... Read More

Why PA Quietly Repealed Its 1929 Midwifery Law

Gillian McGoldrick, Inquirer

Some traditional midwives now say they are worried they have no legal standing to work and deliver home births in Pennsylvania. The state's... Read More

Conservative Activists Turn to PA Juror Records

Tom Riese, WESA

A group of conservative activists says it’s found a way to get a behind-the-scenes look at Pennsylvania elections in order to root out... Read More

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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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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.

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
House Committee Rips State Department Over Censorship

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

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More Criminals Using Teens to Move Guns

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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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