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Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Governor’s Abuse of Emergency Powers Must End

• Kevin Mooney
• April 19, 2021

Keystone State citizens will have a chance to vote on ballot initiatives that would restrain Governor Wolf’s executive authority.

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Op-Ed: All or Nothing at All

• Charles F. McElwee
• April 15, 2021

Russell Shorto explores his family roots, the small-town mafia, and a unique period in postwar America.

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Op-Ed: Fight Against PA Guv’s Powers Reflects Bipartisan Trend

• Nathan Benefield
• April 15, 2021

The Pennsylvania General Assembly’s efforts to restrict Wolf’s emergency declaration – renewed four times – has reached its endgame in the form of two constitutional amendments in a statewide voter…

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Op-Ed: How cyber charter schools create new paths for teachers and students

• Kevin Mooney
• April 12, 2021

Robert Pratt is a sixth-grade science teacher at Agora Cyber Charter School. He explains why cyber charters have shown their value to students and teachers alike over the last year.

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Op-Ed: Society of Woke

• Michael Torres
• April 8, 2021

In Greater Philadelphia, Quaker schools betray their historical values.

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Op-Ed: How to Ease COVID-Era Education Battles: Fund Students

• Colleen Hroncich
• April 6, 2021

Children pay a high price for shutdowns. Supporting kids, not school systems, can help.

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Stage-Four Cancer Patient Blocked from Care by Gov. Wolf: April’s Story

• Jennifer Stefano
• April 5, 2021

In the following video, April shares her story of confronting bad government policy—and the governor who caused it—while fighting to save her life. Despite her illness, April is speaking out…

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Op-Ed: Personalized Care Act Empowers Individuals Instead of Bureaucrats

• Colleen Hroncich
• April 1, 2021

The Personalized Care Act won’t solve every problem we face when it comes to health care access. But it would go a long way toward putting individuals in the driver’s…

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Op-Ed: John Heinz’s Legacy — and Pennsylvania’s Political Future

• Charles F. McElwee
• March 30, 2021

Thirty years ago, Republican Sen. John Heinz – then Pennsylvania’s most popular public figure – died in a midair collision over suburban Philadelphia’s Lower Merion Township. The April 4, 1991,…

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Op-Ed: Voters can limit the power of the governor on May 18

• Nathan Benefield
• March 29, 2021

Pennsylvanians can’t allow Wolf to wield such powers over our communities without working alongside the Legislature.

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Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Lawmakers Aim to Keep Tom Wolf at Bay

• Jennifer Stefano
• March 29, 2021

Two ballot measures would limit the governor’s power to extend emergency declarations indefinitely.

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Energy

Op-Ed: The natural gas severance tax is not a good idea

• Gordon Tomb
• March 24, 2021

If Pennsylvania government wants more revenue, it should drop continual attempts to increase taxes and regulations and instead nurture widespread prosperity.

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Op-Ed: Support emergency powers amendment to restore transparency in state government

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 23, 2021

Other states are finding ways to improve transparency and provide clear benchmarks for reopening despite the crisis. Wolf’s insistence on secrecy calls into question his leadership and management of the…

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Op-Ed: Pennsylvania voters can help restore transparency

• Stephen Bloom
• March 19, 2021

The Pennsylvania House State Government Committee recently held hearings to scrutinize the Wolf administration’s pandemic mismanagement and transparency failures throughout the crisis.

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Op-Ed: Borough of Churches

• Charles F. McElwee
• March 17, 2021

In northeastern Pennsylvania’s coal region, one town illustrates the vital economic and civic role of churches.

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Energy

Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Lawmakers Seek to Block Entry to Multi-State Climate Compact

• Kevin Mooney
• March 15, 2021

Pennsylvania lawmakers have reloaded legislation from last year that would prohibit the state’s governor from imposing carbon taxes in combination with new climate change regulations without the approval of the…

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Op-Ed: COVID-19 shows Catholic schools are a necessity

• Jennifer Stefano
• March 12, 2021

For nearly a year, millions of students haven’t set foot in a classroom — an unimaginable disruption that has profoundly affected the lives of America’s youngest generation. I promise you,…

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Op-Ed: Student-based funding will renew Pa.’s education system

• Colleen Hroncich
• March 9, 2021

Most opponents of parental choice claim it “drains” money from district schools. But that’s only true if one believes the money props up a specific system. Two centuries ago, assigning…

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Op-Ed: Pennsylvania students try to get back on track as teachers unions fight to stop them

• Kevin Mooney
• March 8, 2021

If passed, the reform would increase Pennsylvania’s current tax credit scholarship programs, allow independent authorization of charter schools, remove ZIP code restrictions on public school enrollment, and protect parents who…

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Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Doesn’t Have a Friend in Tom Wolf

• Nathan Benefield
• February 22, 2021

As Pennsylvanians suffer under Wolf’s leadership, they will have a chance to force the governor to work with the legislature. This May, voters will get a say on a state…

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