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Shapiro Tests Democrats’ Data Center Strategy
Behr et al., Politico
Trump Loves Data Centers. Many Republican Lawmakers Don’t
S. Larreal, NOTUS
PA Needs $150 Billion in Growth, Fast
Athan Koutsiouroumbas, RealClearPennsylvania
Dying PA Coal Town a ‘Blank Slate’ for Minority Newcomers
John Luciew, PennLive
PA Data Center Tax Break Expected to Cost $2B
Huangpu & Caruso, Spotlight PA
Shapiro Wants to Move Ahead With Pilot Medicaid Program
Zack Hoopes, PennLive
J&J to Invest More Than $1B in PA Cell Therapy Factory
N. Miller, WSJ
How LV Districts Are Responding to Anti-ICE Protests
Elizabeth DeOrnellas, MCall
Residents Question Data Center Proposal in Hazle Twp.
Kat Bolus, WVIA
Pro-Israel Group Wades Into Dem House Primaries
E. Schneider, Politico
Trump’s Successes--What We Voted for, What U.S. Needed
G. Ciarrocchi, B+L
What to Know About PA’s 2026 Special Elections
Justin Sweitzer, City & State PA
Former Eagles Linebacker Sacks Boyle Over Voter ID
C. Tremoglie, Examiner
Pinsley Drops Out to Make Another State Senate Run
S. 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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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

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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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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

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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

Shapiro Tests Democrats’ Data Center Strategy

Behr et al., Politico

Trump Loves Data Centers. Many Republican Lawmakers Don’t

S. Larreal, NOTUS

Some state lawmakers are mulling legislation that would pause the construction of new data centers in their states altogether. Read More

PA Needs $150 Billion in Growth, Fast

Athan Koutsiouroumbas, RealClearPennsylvania

Pennsylvanians, we’ve got a problem. Within three years, state government is projected to face a $9 billion budget deficit Harrisburg has... Read More

Dying PA Coal Town a ‘Blank Slate’ for Minority Newcomers

John Luciew, PennLive

With Girardville’s ‘King Coal’ glory days gone, leaders embrace minority newcomers as the last hope for revival. Read More

PA Data Center Tax Break Expected to Cost $2B

Huangpu & Caruso, Spotlight PA

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration estimates the annual cost of the tax break will rise by hundreds of millions of dollars in the coming... Read More

Shapiro Wants to Move Ahead With Pilot Medicaid Program

Zack Hoopes, PennLive

Shapiro is asking for $2.8 million for the initiatives, saying "even Dr. Oz supports them." Read More

J&J to Invest More Than $1B in PA Cell Therapy Factory

N. Miller, WSJ

How LV Districts Are Responding to Anti-ICE Protests

Elizabeth DeOrnellas, MCall

The second student-led, anti-ICE walkout in Allentown in less than a week is part of a nationwide expansion of protests that have prompted... Read More

Residents Question Data Center Proposal in Hazle Twp.

Kat Bolus, WVIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection held a hearing for two permits requested by NorthPoint Development for its Project... Read More

Pro-Israel Group Wades Into Dem House Primaries

E. Schneider, Politico

Trump’s Successes--What We Voted for, What U.S. Needed

G. Ciarrocchi, B+L

What to Know About PA’s 2026 Special Elections

Justin Sweitzer, City & State PA

Several seats in the state House of Representatives will be up for grabs in the next few months. Read More

Former Eagles Linebacker Sacks Boyle Over Voter ID

C. Tremoglie, Examiner

Seth Joyner, a former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker, eviscerated Democratic congressman Brendan Boyle about the need for voter ID. Read More

Pinsley Drops Out to Make Another State Senate Run

S. 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

Sponsored Curation Powered By:

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

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

Why The Candidates Are Investing Time Into Pennsylvania

Sarah McCammon, NPR

NPR tracked where the candidates are investing the most travel time and money. Unsurprisingly, the most competitive states are receiving the... Read More

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