Regulation

Pennsylvania Can Learn from Ohio and West Virginia

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 14, 2025

Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania. Over the last decade, Pennsylvania has lost population and businesses to more competitive states. But this outmigration offers clues on how Pennsylvania…

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Education

No More Blank Checks for Broken Systems

  • Andrew Lewis
  • July 1, 2025

Originally published by PennLive. As the deadline looms, Pennsylvania lawmakers are nowhere near reaching an agreement on the state budget. This uncertainty in Harrisburg revolves around…

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Energy

Pennsylvania’s Muddled Leadership Loses to Ohio and West Virginia

  • Gordon Tomb
  • June 27, 2025

Originally published by TribLIVE. Pennsylvania’s nickname of the Keystone State, as variously reported, originates with the deciding vote for independence by a Pennsylvania member of the Continental Congress or in…

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Education

Where Is Gov. Shapiro’s Leadership on the State Budget?

  • Megan Martin, Stephen Bloom
  • June 19, 2025

Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania. Gov. Josh Shapiro once said, “Leaders have a responsibility to speak truth.” Yet, truth be told, the governor’s lack of leadership on this…

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Education

The Hypocrisy of the ‘No Kings’ Protests

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 19, 2025

Originally published by Delaware Valley Journal. This past week, left-wing advocacy groups organized nationwide protests under the banner “No Kings,” opposing President Donald Trump. Let’s be real: These protests aren’t…

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Education

Cyber Students: Undeserving Targets of Teacher Unions

  • Guy Ciarrocchi
  • June 18, 2025

Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania. With all that’s wrong in public education today, what if I told you some good news? There are more than 69,000 students in Pennsylvania who have…

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Gov. Shapiro Needs to Serve Students, Not Supporters

  • Megan Martin
  • June 12, 2025

Two years ago, Governor Josh Shapiro boldly promised to save Pennsylvania’s children trapped in failing schools. When asked on Fox News about the Pennsylvania Award for Student Success (PASS), also…

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Energy

Energy Costs and Regulations Threaten PA’s Tech Boom

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • June 11, 2025

Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania. Pennsylvania is on the short list of destinations for cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI). However, the commonwealth—thanks to ill-advised policies pushed by…

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Energy

Governor Shapiro’s Green New Deal Will Cost Families

  • André Béliveau
  • May 30, 2025

Originally published by RealClearEnergy. Gov. Josh Shapiro is a classic political flip-flopper. And his latest energy proposals demonstrate his wishy-washiness. When he ran for the state’s highest office in 2022,…

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Education

Shapiro Must Lead, Not Litigate

  • Megan Martin
  • May 30, 2025

Originally published by PennLive. Gov. Josh Shapiro seems less interested in governing and more interested in reliving his days as attorney general. A federal judge recently …

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Republicans are Keeping Their School Choice Promise

  • Megan Martin
  • May 27, 2025

Originally published by the Washington Examiner. Republicans in Washington are on the verge of keeping a historic promise to America’s families. In the “one big, beautiful bill”  that…

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Education

PA Families Need Two School Choice Victories

  • Kevin Kane
  • May 22, 2025

Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania. The following month could determine whether tens of thousands of Pennsylvania students get ahead—or continue to fall behind. That’s the reality as both Congress and…

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Education

What Happens in Philly Schools’ “Rubber Rooms”?

  • David Osborne
  • May 22, 2025

Originally published by the Philadelphia Citizen. What happens in Philadelphia schools stays in Philadelphia schools—or so it seems based on the District’s lack of transparency. As The…

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Government Accountability

Pennsylvania Needs Genuine Election Integrity Reform

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • May 22, 2025

Originally published by Broad + Liberty. Imagine that you are at the liquor store but forgot your ID. Don’t worry, your friend can sign an affidavit saying you’re over 21.

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Gov. Josh Shapiro Wants to Spend More than Taxpayers Can Pay

  • Andrew Holman
  • May 22, 2025

Originally published by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The weather isn’t the only thing heating up this May. Negotiations are underway for Pennsylvania’s Fiscal Year 2025­­­–26 state budget. These negotiations determine how…

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School Choice Returns to Harrisburg

  • Rachel Langan
  • May 21, 2025

Originally published by Pottstown-Mercury. School choice is, once again, the talk of the town in Harrisburg. Hundreds of students, parents, educators, lawmakers, and activists crowded the Capitol steps, rallying support for meaningful…

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Energy

PA Supreme Court Must Strike Down Shapiro’s Energy Tax

  • André Béliveau
  • May 12, 2025

Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania. Tomorrow, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will begin oral arguments about an energy tax looming over utility bills in the commonwealth: the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

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