Pa. Governor’s Emergency Powers Out of Step with Most States

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • January 15, 2021

Pennsylvania’s emergency powers rules make our state sixth-worst in the nation, tied with others like New York and Delaware, according to the Maine Policy Institute’s Balance of Power Index. The…

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Op-Ed: Will a Biden Presidency Reflect His Scranton Roots?

  • Charles F. McElwee
  • January 13, 2021

Biden’s persona is doubtless shaped by his Scranton roots, which he proudly referenced even before the 2020 campaign. It’s important to understand how the former vice president is a product…

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Life In The Christmas City

  • Charles F. McElwee
  • December 24, 2020

Pennsylvania’s Bethlehem tells the tale of two economies in the pandemic era.

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No, Pennsylvania Lawmakers can’t Pick their own Electors

  • Jennifer Stefano
  • December 18, 2020

The truth is, there is tradition around voting in Pennsylvania, but, more importantly, there are laws. Those laws and the powers they delegated to Pennsylvanians in the voting booth should…

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Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Passes the Buck on State Budget

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 7, 2020

Wolf and the legislature didn’t consider these eventualities when they completed the budget. Instead, during this bleak holiday season, they set up struggling families for a bigger tax bill next…

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Op-Ed: How Pennsylvania Democrats Deliberately Stoked 2020 Election Chaos

  • Jennifer Stefano
  • November 9, 2020

Republicans and Democrats have long understood the problems with mass mail-in ballots. The usual stages of ballot security are lost: unlike absentee ballots, some people are claiming they received unsolicited mail-in…

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Key Issues to Remember as Pennsylvania Counts Its Ballots

  • Colleen Hroncich
  • November 4, 2020

This election has sucked all the oxygen out of the room for too long. It’s a sign that government in Washington, D.C. has grown way beyond its constitutional bounds. But…

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