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Op-Ed: States rebel against governors’ arbitrary COVID-19 powers. Pennsylvania is the latest.

• Charles Mitchell
• May 12, 2021

Pennsylvanians continue to pay a steep price for Gov. Tom Wolf's lockdowns while the state ranks in the top 11 of coronavirus deaths per capita.

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Op-Ed: For real attacks on democracy, look to Pennsylvania

• Jennifer Stefano
• May 11, 2021

On May 18, two amendments will be on Pennsylvania’s primary ballot. One limits emergency declarations to 21 days and requires legislative approval for any extension. The other allows the legislature…

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Op-Ed: Leftists In Pennsylvania Outspent Conservatives 3 To 1 In 2020

• Kevin Mooney
• May 10, 2021

Very little of this money can be traced back to its original donors.

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Op-Ed: The Localist Legislator — Last Hope Of The Middle Class?

• Andrew Cuff
• May 10, 2021

With political courage and the support of the grassroots, state legislators can still do the hard work of governing.

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Op-Ed: Restore Accountability in Harrisburg by Voting “Yes” on May 18

• May 5, 2021

The Legislature, an elected body, has passed a constitutional amendment and submitted it to the people for ratification, as our constitution allows. It doesn’t get more democratic than that. Either…

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Op-Ed: School Closures Highlight The Need For Parental Choice

• Colleen Hroncich
• April 22, 2021

More affluent families have always had options — they can afford private schools or tutors as needed. Indeed, nothing illustrates the need for equity through school choice options more than…

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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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