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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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Drop in prison population is a change worth cheering: PennLive letters ‘

  • July 30, 2014

Media Hit

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UNIONS SPEND MILLIONS ON PA POLITICAL ADS USING MEMBERS’ DUES

  • July 29, 2014

Media Hit

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State lawmakers table teacher seniority bill and special ed funding

  • July 28, 2014

Media Hit

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GOVERNOR BOASTS SAVINGS, BUT MOODY DOWNGRADES PA.

  • July 28, 2014

Media Hit

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Want to fix schools? Don’t tax businesses, expand school choice instead: Elizabeth Stelle

  • July 28, 2014

Media Hit

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Appeals courts split on health law subsidies

  • July 23, 2014

Media Hit

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Court ruling imperils Obamacare subsidies in Pennsylvania

  • July 23, 2014

Media Hit

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State Sen. Scott Wagner says Pa.’s largest teachers union ‘has declared war on Pennsylvania Taxpayers’

  • July 23, 2014

Media Hit

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Moody’s downgrades Pa. rating; Corbett ponders pension reform session

  • July 22, 2014

Media Hit

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Commonwealth Foundation: Downgrade a wake-up call to state

  • July 22, 2014

Media Hit

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Will revenue projections hold up over fiscal year?

  • July 21, 2014

Media Hit

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School funding disparate in Western Pennsylvania

  • July 18, 2014

Media Hit

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School districts say state pension crisis boosting local tax rates

  • July 17, 2014

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Pa. pension costs pull from school districts, college students, turnpike

  • July 17, 2014

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Corbett takes pension fight to the public – will they listen?: The Sunday Brunch

  • July 14, 2014

Media Hit

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PA Cyber Charter School announces plans for $5.7 million expansion

  • July 14, 2014

Media Hit

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Legislative gobbledygook: Say what?

  • July 9, 2014

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Pennsylvania lawmakers table teacher seniority bill, special ed funding

  • July 8, 2014

Media Hit

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Vague bill shrouds earmarks in secrecy, to get Pennsylvania Senate vote

  • July 8, 2014

Media Hit

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Interest groups’ lobbying tally tops $500M in Pennsylvania

  • July 7, 2014

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Read More: Interest groups’ lobbying tally tops $500M in Pennsylvania

Cigs for kids is leadership?

  • July 7, 2014

Media Hit

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