Energy

We Need More Three Mile Islands

  • André Béliveau
  • December 24, 2024

Originally published at Reason Jane Fonda isn’t a nuclear expert, but she played one on TV. In the 1979 film The China Syndrome, Fonda portrayed Kimberly Wells, a vivacious news…

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Prosperity

Josh Shapiro must stand with Pa. workers and support Nippon deal

  • Andrew Lewis
  • December 19, 2024

Originally published at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Despite the blistering cold conditions and national opposition, hundreds of Pittsburgh steelworkers gathered last Thursday to support a multimillion-dollar deal to save their…

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Fairness

Give Shapiro the Election Reform He Wants and PA Needs

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • December 17, 2024

Originally published at RealClearPennsylvania The 2024 election is finally over. On December 4th, the Pennsylvania Department of State certified the results – almost one month after Election Day. And…

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Fairness

A Monopoly Is Coming—Steel Yourself for It

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • December 15, 2024

Originally published at The Wall Street Journal On U.S. Steel’s proposed merger with Nippon Steel, President Biden and President-elect Trump have listened to national union executives, not local union…

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Prosperity

Corporate welfare doesn’t work. Cutting red tape does.

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • December 11, 2024

Originally published at Broad + Liberty In 2021, Pennsylvania lawmakers created the Local Resource Manufacturing (LRM) tax credit to attract businesses to the Keystone State. Shortly after, Nacero, a…

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Fairness

Will Lori Chavez-DeRemer Respect State Labor Reforms?

  • David Osborne
  • December 9, 2024

Originally published at Delaware Valley Journal Federalism is back. However, with the recent nomination of Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as labor secretary, Congress must stay true to the federal government’s…

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Public Union Democracy

How Government Unions Won in Wisconsin by Stacking Judicial Deck

  • David Osborne
  • December 9, 2024

Originally published at The Daily Signal Remember when impassioned protesters stormed a Capitol building and disrupted the democratic process?No, not the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan.

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Energy

America needs Trump to unleash natural gas

  • Andrew Lewis
  • November 29, 2024

Originally published at The Washington Examiner What should President-elect Donald Trump do on Day One? The answer is clear for Pennsylvania, where the president-elect …

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Fairness

Trump Can’t Fight Big Labor Alone. States Must Also Help

  • David Osborne
  • November 26, 2024

Originally published at National Review President-elect Donald Trump is planning a new course for federal policy — regarding everything from foreign conflicts to environmental regulations — and he’s quickly forming…

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Prosperity

Time for Shapiro to Ditch Corporate Welfare and Cut Red Tape

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • November 26, 2024

Originally published at The Philadelphia Citizen For two years, Gov. Josh Shapiro has talked about the need for government to “move at the speed of business.” Though…

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Education

Pennsylvania is Now the Bellwether on Democrats’ Future

  • Andrew Lewis
  • November 21, 2024

Originally published at RealClearPennsylvania The Keystone State was expected to be the bellwether on November 5th, and it didn’t disappoint. Not only did Donald Trump carry Pennsylvania …

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Education

Pennsylvania Democrats have no mandate—except to compromise

  • Andrew Lewis
  • November 20, 2024

Originally published at The Patriot-News Pennsylvania Democrats took a bigger shellacking than most people realize. By now, everyone knows that Republicans cleaned up in federal races. Donald…

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Education

The U.S. Department of Education against education

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • November 20, 2024

Originally published at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette More than half of students take at least one course online, and many take more. Because of overregulation from the U.S. Department of…

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State Budget

How to Fix Pennsylvania’s Looming Budget Dilemma

  • Andrew Holman
  • November 18, 2024

Originally published at RealClearPennsylvania Pennsylvanians just elected 228 state senators and representatives. These candidates-turned-lawmakers spent the past several months doing all the challenging work of campaigning: giving speeches, knocking…

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Education

How Republicans should change Washington

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 18, 2024

Originally published in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette With their recent victories, President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans received a new mandate to act. But what does this mandate entail? Hints…

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Energy

Fracking Is Key in the Keystone State — in 2024 and Beyond

  • André Béliveau
  • November 12, 2024

Originally published at National Review Fracking was front and center in this year’s election, especially in the energy-producing swing state of Pennsylvania. But it is more than a wedge political…

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Education

Philadelphia teachers — like their students — want educational choice

  • David P. Hardy
  • November 4, 2024

Originally published at Broad + Liberty Philadelphia schools recently adopted a new multimillion-dollar curriculum — and district teachers sound mad as hell about it. The School District of Philadelphia…

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Education

Three things to watch as Pennsylvania votes

  • Andrew Lewis
  • November 1, 2024

Originally published at The Washington Examiner Pennsylvania may be the deciding state in the 2024 election. But what issues will decide whether former President Donald Trump or…

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Energy

Affordable Energy Can Alleviate Pennsylvanians’ Economic Anxieties

  • André Béliveau
  • October 31, 2024

Originally published at RealClearEnergy Pennsylvanians are anxious about their futures. However, a recent poll shows a clear pathway to rebuilding optimism in the Keystone State. New polling by the…

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Public Union Democracy

Union political spending doesn’t represent all their members

  • Andrew Holman
  • October 25, 2024

Originally published at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The International Brotherhood of Teamsters declined to endorse a presidential candidate, citing its members’ differing political views. However, the powerful union still writes checks…

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