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Year: 2020

The Economy

Tirzah Duren: PA Lawmakers must challenge endless Covid lockdowns in 2021

December 29, 2020April 19, 2021
Tirzah Duren
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How Pennsylvania lawmakers can help job creators — and those they support — recover in 2021.
By Tirzah Duren

Civic Culture

Gabe Kaminsky: Conshohocken family business showcases America’s essential civic values

December 28, 2020April 19, 2021
Gabe Kaminsky
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It is the heroes among us that step in in grave times of need — not the government.
By Gabe Kaminsky

Election Law

Sean Parnell: 2024 would be much, much worse under national popular vote

December 26, 2020April 19, 2021
Sean Parnell

With the myriad of convoluted differences in states’ election procedures, abolishing the electoral college would lead to utter chaos when counting votes.
By Sean Parnell

History

Elizabeth Stelle: An election crisis like no other?

December 24, 2020April 19, 2021
Elizabeth Stelle
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If you think 2020 is bad, you don’t know 1876.
By Elizabeth Stelle

News

U.S. Sen. Toomey of Pennsylvania took center stage in COVID-19 relief talks over concerns about Fed lending

December 22, 2020April 19, 2021
Christen Smith

The junior senator managed to earn taxpayers an “unqualified victory” over the weekend by remaining steadfast in his defense of the Federal Reserve.
By Christen Smith

Politics

Albert Eisenberg: Senator Toomey swings and hits

December 22, 2020April 19, 2021
Albert Eisenberg
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In the eleventh hour of Congress’ debate over a second Covid-19 spending package, Pennsylvania’s junior senator took a brave step for taxpayers and for U.S. fiscal policy — likely knowing he would be attacked for it.
By Albert Eisenberg

News

Pandemic lockdown closed 30 percent of Pennsylvania businesses, second most in nation

December 18, 2020April 19, 2021
Christen Smith

Gov. Wolf’s extended lockdowns throughout the spring–and now again in the winter–have come with a steep, and often fatal, price for businesses.
By Christen Smith

Health

Report — Delco nursing home has highest number of COVID-19 deaths in the nation

December 16, 2020April 19, 2021
Todd Shepherd

As nursing homes brace for a formidable winter, new data indicates that PA residents of such long-term care facilities have often fared the worst amidst the pandemic.
By Todd Shepherd

State Politics

The Editors: Governor Wolf owns the shutdown

December 16, 2020May 9, 2021
The Editors
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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf says the virus spurring his latest state lockdowns is “unfair…frustrating… [and terrible].” That’s what we think about his actions.
By The Editors of Broad + Liberty

Transportation

Kyle Sammin: Seven-year King of Prussia rail delay shows folly of modern environmental laws

December 14, 2020April 19, 2021
Kyle Sammin
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The biggest obstacles in railway construction in Philadelphia and beyond are not geography and weather, but courts, regulators and endless public consultations.
By Kyle Sammin

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