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The Rise of Short-Term Rentals in the Poconos
Miller & Sroka-Holzmann, PennLive
O’Connor Unveils Overhaul of PGH’s Permitting Process
Hallie Lauer, Post-Gazette
PA State Trooper Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop
Kenny Cooper, WVIA
Unearthed Audio Appears to Contradict Bresnahan
Daniel Lippman, Politico
McCormick 'Worried' About Possibility of Iran Terror at Home
Alfred Lubrano, Inq
Co. Spends $50M More for Planned Data Center in Dauphin Co.
D.Urie, PennLive
PA's Maternity Health Desert Is Growing
Lydia McFarlane, WVIA
Could a New Type of Landlord Revitalize the Lehigh Valley?
Evan Jones, MCall
Developer to Convert 26 Philly-Area Churches Into New Use
Ryan Mulligan, PBJ
How Much Has the Cost of Everyday Necessities Changed in PHL?
S. Morris, Inq
ICE Cooperation Up for Debate in Pennsylvania
Lauren Jessop, Center Square
PA Officials Say Trump Policies a Worry
Tom Riese, WESA
Trump's Doing What Many Say They Wanted
Guy Ciarrocchi, Broad + Liberty
Wallen, Crawley Vie to Fill Out Ecker’s Term in PA House
Steve Ulrich, PoliticsPA

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

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USA Energy Affordability Map

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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.

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House Committee Rips State Department Over Censorship

American Civics

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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.

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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

The Rise of Short-Term Rentals in the Poconos

Miller & Sroka-Holzmann, PennLive

O’Connor Unveils Overhaul of PGH’s Permitting Process

Hallie Lauer, Post-Gazette

In the coming weeks and months, city officials are looking to do a complete overhaul of the zoning code to remove obsolete sections, simplify... Read More

PA State Trooper Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop

Kenny Cooper, WVIA

Gov. Josh Shapiro ordered flags to fly at half-staff on all state property to honor Pennsylvania State Police Cpl. Timothy O’Connor. Read More

Unearthed Audio Appears to Contradict Bresnahan

Daniel Lippman, Politico

McCormick 'Worried' About Possibility of Iran Terror at Home

Alfred Lubrano, Inq

The Pennsylvania Republican senator he's worried because Iran has underwritten terrorism throughout the world. Read More

Co. Spends $50M More for Planned Data Center in Dauphin Co.

D.Urie, PennLive

PA's Maternity Health Desert Is Growing

Lydia McFarlane, WVIA

According to the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, nearly half of the state’s rural counties do not have hospitals with labor and delivery... Read More

Could a New Type of Landlord Revitalize the Lehigh Valley?

Evan Jones, MCall

“I think that landlords that are your neighbors make the best landlords,” O’Brien said, “because they’re more rooted in the... Read More

Developer to Convert 26 Philly-Area Churches Into New Use

Ryan Mulligan, PBJ

How Much Has the Cost of Everyday Necessities Changed in PHL?

S. Morris, Inq

Affordability is the most important issue to voters ahead of the midterms. Do you know how prices have changed? Read More

ICE Cooperation Up for Debate in Pennsylvania

Lauren Jessop, Center Square

(The Center Square) – Immigration enforcement operations across the U.S. – and the backlash they have sparked in some communities –... Read More

PA Officials Say Trump Policies a Worry

Tom Riese, WESA

Some 1,400 small businesses in Pennsylvania that are owned by women or minorities face a difficult challenge: They have to prove all over... Read More

Trump's Doing What Many Say They Wanted

Guy Ciarrocchi, Broad + Liberty

Wallen, Crawley Vie to Fill Out Ecker’s Term in PA House

Steve Ulrich, PoliticsPA

Research

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

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

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

More From Real Clear

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.

> 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

Censorship

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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.

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

Sponsored Curation Powered By:

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

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

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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