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One Year Later, Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Carries On

  • Megan Martin
  • September 10, 2026

Originally published by Broad + Liberty. This time last year, like so many, I was in utter shock at the horrific murder of Charlie Kirk. Charlie—a…

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Who Holds Pennsylvania’s Public Schools Accountable?

  • Rachel Langan
  • September 8, 2026
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Pennsylvania’s Shapiro Seeks COVID-19-Style Lockdown Powers

  • Megan Martin
  • September 7, 2026
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Josh Shapiro Gets Stuff Undone

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 5, 2026
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Republicans: Wolf’s budget taxes, spends more

  • March 4, 2015

Media Hit

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Middle-class families brace for historical tax increases

  • March 4, 2015

Media Hit

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Opinion: Wolf’s gas tax won’t help students, but will kill their job opportunities

  • March 3, 2015

Media Hit

Read More: Opinion: Wolf’s gas tax won’t help students, but will kill their job opportunities

PA Ponders Extras For Film Industry

  • March 2, 2015

Media Hit

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Rein in Pa. spending

  • March 2, 2015

Media Hit

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Why water down Pennsylvania’s ‘paycheck protection’ bill?

  • March 2, 2015

Media Hit

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Wolf’s tax plan worries Pike EDA

  • March 2, 2015

Media Hit

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The PennFuture Insurgency; The Empire at Work

  • March 2, 2015

Media Hit

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Tomb Letter: Leave gas industry alone; don’t overtax it

  • February 27, 2015

Media Hit

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Pa. FactFinder: Gov. Tom Wolf says Pennsylvania ranks 45th for public education funding. Is that number right?

  • February 27, 2015

Media Hit

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Pennsylvania House pushes liquor system privatization bill through

  • February 27, 2015

Media Hit

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Funding school choice requires reading the fine print

  • February 26, 2015

Media Hit

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Pennsylvania’s business climate: the good, the bad, the strange

  • February 25, 2015

Media Hit

Read More: Pennsylvania’s business climate: the good, the bad, the strange

Editorial wrong on gas tax (letter)

  • February 25, 2015

Media Hit

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‘Tipping point’ near for Pa. government, conservative expert predicts at Freedom Forum

  • February 25, 2015

Media Hit

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Pennsylvania ponders extras for film industry in shadow of $2.3 billion deficit

  • February 25, 2015

Media Hit

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Spending billions to upgrade Amtrak’s Pittsburgh-to-Harrisburg run doesn’t pass the sniff test

  • February 23, 2015

Media Hit

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East at a glance: Forum in Murrysville will tackle Pennsylvania’s future

  • February 23, 2015

Media Hit

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Pennsylvania Still Doesn’t Need an Extraction Tax

  • February 23, 2015

Media Hit

Read More: Pennsylvania Still Doesn’t Need an Extraction Tax

Fate of 39 new charters decided today

  • February 23, 2015

Media Hit

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If you thought Obamacare was complex, you’re gonna love liquor privatization: Tony May

  • February 17, 2015

Media Hit

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