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Monday, February 23

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Four Contested U.S. House Races in PA

J.D. Prose, PennLive

PA Democrats Want a Tax on Wealthy

Jade Campos, LancasterOnline

Gov. Shapiro Signs Proclamation of Disaster Emergency

Rachael Lardani, WGAL

Right-to-Know in PA During the Age of AI

Whitney Downard, Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Chesco Towns Are Philly Area’s Wealthiest, Bucks is Gaining

A. Wood, Inquirer

Federal Funding Freeze Stalls Small Businesses

Chloe Jad, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

PA Schools to Embrace Cursive Writing Once Again

Kellen Stepler, Tribune-Review

Regulatory Panel Holds Hearing on Three Mile Island

Peter Hall, PA Capital-Star

PA Has a Skilled Worker Shortage. What's The Plan?

Bethany Rodgers, Goerie

Shapiro Urges PA to Pass Whistleblower Law

Charlotte Keith, Spotlight PA

Carbondale Adopts Standards for Data Centers

Frank Lesnefsky, Times-Tribune

Let’s See the Receipts on Data Centers

Editorial, Tribune-Review

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

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

Why The Candidates Are Investing Time Into Pennsylvania

Sarah McCammon, NPR

Four Contested U.S. House Races in PA

J.D. Prose, PennLive

"They're all going to be dogfights," said a Republican strategist. Read More

PA Democrats Want a Tax on Wealthy

Jade Campos, LancasterOnline

With state legislators once again debating potentially lucrative taxes on marijuana and skill games, some Democrats and tax reform advocates... Read More

Gov. Shapiro Signs Proclamation of Disaster Emergency

Rachael Lardani, WGAL

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has declared a disaster emergency ahead of a winter storm expected to bring "significant snowfall" in parts of... Read More

Right-to-Know in PA During the Age of AI

Whitney Downard, Pennsylvania Capital-Star

A state Senate proposal could become a vehicle for reforming law, tamping down on AI’s “malicious use.” Read More

Chesco Towns Are Philly Area’s Wealthiest, Bucks is Gaining

A. Wood, Inquirer

Chester County towns dominated the top 50 list in an analysis of incomes in the region’s municipalities. Read More

Federal Funding Freeze Stalls Small Businesses

Chloe Jad, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Despite a push from the Trump administration to unleash American competitiveness, Congress has failed to reauthorize the nation’s largest... Read More

PA Schools to Embrace Cursive Writing Once Again

Kellen Stepler, Tribune-Review

Each of the 15 students in Mollie Sweeney’s third grade class raised their dominant hand. Sweeney, a teacher at Burrell’s Bon Air... Read More

Regulatory Panel Holds Hearing on Three Mile Island

Peter Hall, PA Capital-Star

The commission will start accepting public comment and requests for public hearings this week Read More

PA Has a Skilled Worker Shortage. What's The Plan?

Bethany Rodgers, Goerie

Pennsylvania officials have unveiled a multi-part plan for strengthening the commonwealth’s higher education system by making... Read More

Shapiro Urges PA to Pass Whistleblower Law

Charlotte Keith, Spotlight PA

Advocates say Pennsylvania could collect millions from Medicaid fraud cases under a proposed law, but critics fear a surge of costly lawsuits. Read More

Carbondale Adopts Standards for Data Centers

Frank Lesnefsky, Times-Tribune

Carbondale preemptively adopted regulations for data centers this week, joining a growing number of Lackawanna County communities to manage... Read More

Let’s See the Receipts on Data Centers

Editorial, Tribune-Review

Pennsylvania lawmakers are embroiled in the annual dance in balancing our collective checkbook — the state budget. At the same time,... Read More