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Inside the Quiet Republican Effort to Flip Court Fetterman

Jonathan Martin, Politico

Shapiro Busted Helping Rival Party Win for Petty Reason

V. Verbalaitis, Daily Beast

Shapiro Proposes Changing How Utility Rate Cases Operate

Susan Phillips, WHYY

A Converted Church is an Incubator for Amish Roots Music

Staff, CBS Pittsburgh

Can One of These Democrats Flip a Red State Senate District?

Fallon Roth, Inquirer

Lifeline May Extend PA Coal Plants’ Operations for Years

Anya Litvak, Post-Gazette

National Democrats Get Behind Bob Harvie and Bob Brooks

Sam Janesch, Inquirer

PA Supreme Court Considering Voter Registration Case

Carter Walker, 90.5 WESA

Shapiro’s Vacancies Create a Quorum Controversy

Beth Ann Rosica, Broad + Liberty

The Civic Value of a Little NightMmarket

Editorial, Tribune-Review

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

Videos

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.

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

Jon K. Lauck, Middle West Review

The Frustrations of the Overlooked in 'Flyover Country'
Heath Anderson, The Dispatch

MLK: A Great American Statesman

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

Who’s Winning in Pennsylvania?

John Prideaux, The Economist

Shapiro: Here’s Why Harris Is On Track to Win

Greg Sargent, The New Republic

Inside the Quiet Republican Effort to Flip Court Fetterman

Jonathan Martin, Politico

As the Pennsylvania Democrat increasingly is isolated within his own party, Republicans are quietly trying to win him over. Read More

Shapiro Busted Helping Rival Party Win for Petty Reason

V. Verbalaitis, Daily Beast

You’re either with him or against him. Read More

Shapiro Proposes Changing How Utility Rate Cases Operate

Susan Phillips, WHYY

In a letter to the state’s regulated utilities, the governor laid out a new system to rein in corporate profits. Read More

A Converted Church is an Incubator for Amish Roots Music

Staff, CBS Pittsburgh

A converted church in rural central Pennsylvania has become a place where musicians with Amish roots are coming to record music and make... Read More

Can One of These Democrats Flip a Red State Senate District?

Fallon Roth, Inquirer

Pennridge School Board member Bradley Merkl-Gump and Lehigh County Controller Mark Pinsley are facing off in a competitive primary this month... Read More

Lifeline May Extend PA Coal Plants’ Operations for Years

Anya Litvak, Post-Gazette

Running a 58-year-old coal plant like Keystone Generating Station looks the same today as it did three years ago. Except the money is much... Read More

National Democrats Get Behind Bob Harvie and Bob Brooks

Sam Janesch, Inquirer

The DCCC said it will help the candidates who are running to face Republican Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick and Ryan Mackenzie in competitive... Read More

PA Supreme Court Considering Voter Registration Case

Carter Walker, 90.5 WESA

The Department of State says counties must accept applications even when voters’ driver’s license or Social Security numbers don’t... Read More

Shapiro’s Vacancies Create a Quorum Controversy

Beth Ann Rosica, Broad + Liberty

Last week, Broad + Liberty exposed serious dysfunction at the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) — from mounting vacancies... Read More

The Civic Value of a Little NightMmarket

Editorial, Tribune-Review

The lack of foot traffic in downtown areas is something many Pennsylvania communities are facing. It’s hard to attract visitors to a... Read More