John Hinshaw
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Data Centers
Data Center Politics Arrive in Small Town PA
AI is upending the world. Tech companies are investing vast sums, believing whoever becomes the leading provider will dominate the economy for a...

Pennsylvania Governor
Will Shapiro's PA Success Translate at the National Level?
Review: Where We Keep the Light: Stories from a Life of Service , by Josh Shapiro (Harper, 272 pp. , $30) Josh Shapiro clearly wants to be president.

Pennsylvania Elections
The Coming Revolt in the Democratic Party
Numerous Democrats have been outraged by the end of the government shutdown as agreed to by eight Democratic senators. Veteran political observers...

Pennsylvania Elections
PA Election Results Signal Danger for the GOP in 2026
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is pretty evenly divided, so why did voters send such a lopsided signal? In terms of voter registration ,...

Health Policy
Will Pennsylvania Allow Midwives to Save Mothers and Babies?
Many are familiar with the popular British television series “Call the Midwife,” set in post-war London. In the show, nurse midwives are professionals...

Jobs and Labor
Improving the Lives of Lebanon County's Unemployed
Maribel Torres knows firsthand the power of opportunity, as well as the costs imposed by its absence. Her mother moved to Lebanon County in 1950 from...

Pennsylvania Elections
Mamdani's Win and Pennsylvania's Populist Future
Zohran Mamdani is having a moment. The 33-year-old Queens assemblyman is now the Democratic nominee for mayor of the country’s largest city.

Immigration Policy
Latino Pragmatist Runs for Mayor of Lebanon
César B. Liriano embodies the striving, entrepreneurial spirit of generations of immigrants.

Pennsylvania Elections
Voting in Pennsylvania During the Industrial Era
In a previous RealClearPA essay , I examined the first 200 years of voting in Pennsylvania and the alternating efforts to democratize the electorate...

Pennsylvania Elections
Voting in the Keystone State: the First 200 Years
The Pennsylvania legislature considered two major changes to the laws that govern how we vote. For several years, Republicans have sought various...
