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Should Pennsylvania Regulate AI in Elections?
Kate Huangpu, Spotlight PA
Data Centers Are Eyeing the Collar Counties, Drawing Pushback
B. Schultz, Inq
Healthcare Fueled Most of Philly’s Job Growth Last Decade
Mulvey & Brubaker, Inq
How Did Pittsburgh’s Finances Get So Bad, So Quickly?
Brandon McGinley, P-G
ICE Agents Deployed at Pittsburgh International Airport
Megan Trotter, Trib-Review
Cognetti, Bresnahan Address Data Centers
B. O'Boyle, Times Leader
Smucker Draws Challenger for House GOP Budget Chair
S. Ulrich, Politics PA
Why Summer Lee Wants Pam Bondi Impeached
Aysha Bagchi, USA Today
Allegheny Co. Eyes Mandatory Property Reassessments
Madaleine Rubin, P-G
PA Republicans Want SAVE Act of Their Own
Owens & Northup, ABC 27
Harrisburg District Judge Shot Dog, Prompting Investigation
J. Wise, PennLive
Prosecutors in DA Krasner’s Office Move to Unionize
Rushing & Orso, Inquirer

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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Americans of all backgrounds overwhelmingly support a core set of legal and constitutional obligations.
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Who’s Winning in Pennsylvania?
John Prideaux, The Economist
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Greg Sargent, The New Republic

Should Pennsylvania Regulate AI in Elections?

Kate Huangpu, Spotlight PA

A bill pending in the PA Capitol would impose consequences for using AI to misrepresent candidates close to an election. Read More

Data Centers Are Eyeing the Collar Counties, Drawing Pushback

B. Schultz, Inq

As data center proposals get further into the municipal process, surrounding communities are often pushing back against projects that have... Read More

Healthcare Fueled Most of Philly’s Job Growth Last Decade

Mulvey & Brubaker, Inq

More than 132,000 of the approximately 184,000 jobs added since 2015 were in healthcare, with home health services creating the biggest jobs... Read More

How Did Pittsburgh’s Finances Get So Bad, So Quickly?

Brandon McGinley, P-G

In every nook and cranny in the City-County Building, the O’Connor administration has seemingly found hidden costs and overstated revenues... Read More

ICE Agents Deployed at Pittsburgh International Airport

Megan Trotter, Trib-Review

Pittsburgh International Airport officials confirmed Monday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were at the airport to... Read More

Cognetti, Bresnahan Address Data Centers

B. O'Boyle, Times Leader

Smucker Draws Challenger for House GOP Budget Chair

S. Ulrich, Politics PA

Why Summer Lee Wants Pam Bondi Impeached

Aysha Bagchi, USA Today

Allegheny Co. Eyes Mandatory Property Reassessments

Madaleine Rubin, P-G

More than 15 years after the state’s highest court ruled that Allegheny County’s property assessment system was illegal, local officials... Read More

PA Republicans Want SAVE Act of Their Own

Owens & Northup, ABC 27

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Harrisburg District Judge Shot Dog, Prompting Investigation

J. Wise, PennLive

Prosecutors in DA Krasner’s Office Move to Unionize

Rushing & Orso, Inquirer

A majority of the approximately 275 prosecutors in District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office want to unionize in hopes of a transparent,... 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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PA GOP Congressman Slams State Leaders Over ICE Policies
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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

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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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