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Mastriano Opts Out of 2024 Race for U.S. Senate

Charles Thompson, PennLive

Doug Mastriano Won't Run for Senate in PA 'At This Time'

Holly Otterbein, POLITICO

Runoff Elections Suggested for Crowded Primary Races

Anthony Hennen, CS

Jury Set for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Trial

Megan Guza, Post-Gazette

Mastriano Says He's Not Running for Senate in 2024

Benjamin Kail, Post-Gazette

Downtown Pittsburgh Office Return Trending Higher

Mark Belko, Post-Gazette

Wait List Shows We Need More Mental Health Professionals

Irakli Mania, PennLive

SEPTA’s Chief Executive Got a $75,000 Raise

Thomas Fitzgerald, Inquirer

Boeing Needs More Chinook, Osprey Orders for Delco Plant

J. DiStefano, Inquirer

PA Senators Float Involuntary Commitment for Overdoses

D. Renno, PA Capital-Star

Lifestyle Goals May Spark Rural Renaissance

Anthony Hennen, Center Square

Moderate Voters Won the 2023 Philly Primary

Jon Geeting, The Philadelphia Citizen

‘Our People Are Done With Warehousing’

Anthony Salamone, The Morning Call

Renew Bonds to Close, Clean Gas Wells

Editorial, Scranton Times-Tribune

The Fetterman Dress Code

Larry Platt, The Philadelphia Citizen

My Primary Education

Nick Spangler, Broad + Liberty

Help Meet America's Need for Honest, Independent Journalism

D. DesRosiers, RCI

Research

Pittsburgh Migration Trends

Center for Social & Urban Research, @PittCSUR

PA Makes Progress On Public Employee Pensions

David Draine, Pew Charitable Trusts

2021 Oil and Gas Annual Report

PA DEP, Esri

The Demolition Fee Is Here to Stay

Allegheny Institute for Public Policy

Videos

Why the PA Clean Slate Law Could Extend to Felonies

Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Trial: Science of Jury Selection

Bill Proposed to Ban Safe Injection Sites in PA

Trump Indictment: Reaction From Northeastern and Central PA

Essential Reading

What Will Be the Impact of Pittsburgh’s 2021 Pension Actions?

Employees in the municipal pension plan hired after June 30, 2004, were subject to a reduction in their pension benefit of 50% when they reached age 65 and became eligible for Social...

Turnpike Toll Hikes Roll On

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) raised tolls on system users again. The financial requirements of Act 44 of 2007 compel the PTC to send money to PennDOT to help fund mass ...

In the News

P. Schwartzman, WaPo

Fetterman Tries to Rally Blue Votes in Trump Country
Tom Hogan, RealClearPolicy

Cities Must Respond to the Dirt-Bike Crisis

Multimedia

Mail-In-Voting, Congressional Map, and Bridge Collapse

Drawing the Lines

Reviewing the PA Governor's and Senate Races

Podcasts

Moms in the Middle: A Review of Ed. Issues from 2022

Beth Ann Rosica, B+L

Lou Barletta On Lessons From the Midterms

Linda Stein, DV Journal

Transforming Coal Country in Shamokin, PA

Anthony F. Pipa, Brookings

Lockdowns and Mental Health Go Hand-in-Hand

C. Schillinger, Moms in the Middle

This chapter discusses both the promise and the challenges of federal election administration laws. It discusses the good that these laws can accomplish, but also the difficulties enforcing them. It explains how federal election administration laws fit into voting rights scholarship, and suggests avenues for future research

Towards Proportional Representation for the U.S. House

In Towards Proportional Representation for the U.S. House, Protect Democracy and Unite America examine a 1967 statute enacted by Congress—the Uniform Congressional District Act (UCDA)—that mandates the use of single-member districts for House elections; how the system is weakening the foundations of our democracy; and policy options for reform

In the News

Eric Lendrum, American Greatness

Voter Fraud Convictions Result in Light Sentences
Gabrielle Gurley, The American Prospect

Breaking Up ERIC Could Be the Boldest Attempt Yet to Destabilize National Elections

Multimedia

Ranked Choice Voting Explained: Confusing, Chaotic Election “Reform” Pushed by Leftist Donors

Protecting Voters, Election Integrity and Confidence a Tale from a Battleground State

What to Know About the US Elections Heading Into 2024

Mastriano Opts Out of 2024 Race for U.S. Senate

Charles Thompson, PennLive

Franklin County state senator declares he will not seek the seat currently held by U.S. Sen Robert P. Casey, who is seeking re-election to a... Read More

Doug Mastriano Won't Run for Senate in PA 'At This Time'

Holly Otterbein, POLITICO

The failed gubernatorial candidate has openly flirted with a run for Senate – but decided against it. Read More

Runoff Elections Suggested for Crowded Primary Races

Anthony Hennen, CS

(The Center Square) — Lawmakers want a change after years of crowded Republican primary races. Read More

Jury Set for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Trial

Megan Guza, Post-Gazette

A jury was selected Thursday to hear the case against accused synagogue shooter Robert Bowers, who is charged with killing 11 worshippers... Read More

Mastriano Says He's Not Running for Senate in 2024

Benjamin Kail, Post-Gazette

State Sen. Doug Mastriano has decided not to launch a 2024 U.S. Senate campaign, to the relief of Republican leaders who considered him a... Read More

Downtown Pittsburgh Office Return Trending Higher

Mark Belko, Post-Gazette

Dan Adamski likes to say that Pittsburgh will never again experience what it did on March 13, 2020, just before COVID-19 upended everything... Read More

Wait List Shows We Need More Mental Health Professionals

Irakli Mania, PennLive

Mental health services need to be part of the overall healthcare services that community health centers. Read More

SEPTA’s Chief Executive Got a $75,000 Raise

Thomas Fitzgerald, Inquirer

Leslie R. Richards was awarded a new four-year contract Thursday. She has been praised for her efforts in pushing forward ambitious projects. Read More

Boeing Needs More Chinook, Osprey Orders for Delco Plant

J. DiStefano, Inquirer

The plant’s production of Chinook helicopters has fallen to around 20 a year, from 60 in 2021 and 2022. That's the “minimum sustainable... Read More

PA Senators Float Involuntary Commitment for Overdoses

D. Renno, PA Capital-Star

'Treatment will allow individuals to regain their hopes, dreams, goals and most importantly, their lives,' Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, said. Read More

Lifestyle Goals May Spark Rural Renaissance

Anthony Hennen, Center Square

(The Center Square) — Experts say the lifestyle offered in rural communities may be key to igniting a population renaissance. Read More

Moderate Voters Won the 2023 Philly Primary

Jon Geeting, The Philadelphia Citizen

A summary of the results of the 2023 primary election in Philadelphia. (Hint: Establishment and moderate Democrats won.) Read More

‘Our People Are Done With Warehousing’

Anthony Salamone, The Morning Call

“We’re done,” McClure said. “We don’t want any more trucks. We don’t want any more warehouses. We... Read More

Renew Bonds to Close, Clean Gas Wells

Editorial, Scranton Times-Tribune

If you doubt that the coal and railroad industries once dominated the Pennsylvania Legislature, look around. Read More

The Fetterman Dress Code

Larry Platt, The Philadelphia Citizen

John Fetterman dresses like he’s at an Eagles game while doing his job for you in the U.S. Senate. Are you down with that? Read More

My Primary Education

Nick Spangler, Broad + Liberty

A first-time school board candidate and his observations from the campaign trail. Read More

Help Meet America's Need for Honest, Independent Journalism

D. DesRosiers, RCI

Honest journalism—nonpartisan, evenhanded, and striving toward objectivity—faces resistance within many corners of the media and other... Read More

Research

Pittsburgh Migration Trends

Center for Social & Urban Research, @PittCSUR

Where are new Pittsburgh residents moving from and where are current residents leaving to? Read More

PA Makes Progress On Public Employee Pensions

David Draine, Pew Charitable Trusts

Pennsylvania’s public employee pension plans are on a path to long-term fiscal sustainability thanks to a multiyear effort by... Read More

2021 Oil and Gas Annual Report

PA DEP, Esri

The mission of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is to protect Pennsylvania’s air, land and water from... Read More

The Demolition Fee Is Here to Stay

Allegheny Institute for Public Policy

Summary: Included in the more than 60 pieces of legislation signed by the governor on Nov. 3 was a bill that ended the sunset provision in... Read More

Videos

Why the PA Clean Slate Law Could Extend to Felonies

Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Trial: Science of Jury Selection

Bill Proposed to Ban Safe Injection Sites in PA

Trump Indictment: Reaction From Northeastern and Central PA

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Essential Reading

What Will Be the Impact of Pittsburgh’s 2021 Pension Actions?

Employees in the municipal pension plan hired after June 30, 2004, were subject to a reduction in their pension benefit of 50% when they reached age 65 and became eligible for Social...

Turnpike Toll Hikes Roll On

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) raised tolls on system users again. The financial requirements of Act 44 of 2007 compel the PTC to send money to PennDOT to help fund mass ...