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Pennsylvania Schools Closer to Becoming Phone-Free
Jared Weaver, Abc27
Do Rigid Public Comment Rules Help?
Editorial, Tribune-Review
Gettysburg’s Beaver Controversy is a False Choice
Salma Monani, Pennlive
ICE Quietly Expanding in Pittsburgh
Jacob Geanous, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
PA Must Properly Fund New Early Literacy Programs
Editorial, Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Likely Spent More Than it Made on the Draft
J. Burdelski, Tribune-Review
Kylie Kelce and Shapiro Talk Policy
Aliya Schneider, Inquirer
Bucks County Democrats Face Off Ahead of District 1 Primary
Fallon Roth, Inquirer
How Wealthy Are PA’s U.S. Lawmakers?
Steve Ulrich, Politics PA
PA Court Grants Public Access to Voting Data
Mark Scolforo, AP News
PA Dem Chair Tries to Sidestep Transgender Sports Bills
Charles Creitz, Fox News

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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Who’s Winning in Pennsylvania?
John Prideaux, The Economist
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Greg Sargent, The New Republic

Pennsylvania Schools Closer to Becoming Phone-Free

Jared Weaver, Abc27

State Senators Devlin Robinson (R-37), Vincent Hughes (D-7) and Steve Santarseiro (D-10) praised the advancement of the bill, saying in a... Read More

Do Rigid Public Comment Rules Help?

Editorial, Tribune-Review

Public comment periods are meant to let people talk to the government. Sometimes it’s about actions that are happening or decisions that... Read More

Gettysburg’s Beaver Controversy is a False Choice

Salma Monani, Pennlive

Beaver ponds, which have been present since 2020 and located along the park’s Plum Run creek were recently drained by directive from... Read More

ICE Quietly Expanding in Pittsburgh

Jacob Geanous, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been quietly expanding its presence in the Pittsburgh area after leasing space in a five-story office... Read More

PA Must Properly Fund New Early Literacy Programs

Editorial, Post-Gazette

Last year, Pennsylvania took the first steps toward creating the Keystone State version of the Mississippi Miracle of improved childhood... Read More

Pittsburgh Likely Spent More Than it Made on the Draft

J. Burdelski, Tribune-Review

The 2026 NFL Draft drew about 805,000 people in Pittsburgh last week, according to the NFL — but that’s likely not the most staggering... Read More

Kylie Kelce and Shapiro Talk Policy

Aliya Schneider, Inquirer

Kylie Kelce, host of podcast Not Gonna Lie, interviewed Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro in Harrisburg for her video series FAFO. Read More

Bucks County Democrats Face Off Ahead of District 1 Primary

Fallon Roth, Inquirer

Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie and Lucia Simonelli, a climate policy expert, spent more than 90 minutes discussing a wide range of... Read More

How Wealthy Are PA’s U.S. Lawmakers?

Steve Ulrich, Politics PA

“The median net worth of Pennsylvania residents sits around $200,000, according to a recent report by the financial company SmartAsset.... Read More

PA Court Grants Public Access to Voting Data

Mark Scolforo, AP News

Pennsylvania's high court has ruled that spreadsheets of raw data from ballots are public records. The Democratic-majority court's decision... Read More

PA Dem Chair Tries to Sidestep Transgender Sports Bills

Charles Creitz, Fox News

Pennsylvania Republicans say Democrats are petrified of voting on transgender youth sports bills after a chaotic committee hearing broke... 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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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to see more funding for public transportation
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

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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