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Month: September 2020

State Politics

Todd DeFeo: Analysis: Pennsylvania state employees’ salaries on the rise

September 29, 2020September 30, 2020
Todd DeFeo

State employees make, on average, more than their private-sector peers, especially when including their increasing benefits.
By Todd DeFeo

Energy

Dave Lemery: Wolf vetoes bill that would have required lawmakers’ input to join regional climate pact

September 29, 2020September 28, 2020
Dave Lemery

The Democratic governor cites the “adverse impacts from climate change” as a motivation for forging ahead of legislators.
By Dave Lemery

Election Law

Steve Bittenbender: Pennsylvania Republicans seek U.S. Supreme Court’s intervention in ballot deadline dispute

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020
Steve Bittenbender

Partisan disputes over mail-in voting continue as Pennsylvania Republicans appeal to the nation’s highest court.
By Steve Bittenbender

Election Law

Mark Hemingway: Warning signs in Pennsylvania of mail ballot chaos in November

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020
Mark Hemingway

Concerns over voter fraud and the disfranchisement of large swaths of citizens have both parties scrambling in the Commonwealth.
By Mark Hemingway

Culture

Kyle Sammin: Parkway homeless encampment shows a city sliding backwards

September 28, 2020December 12, 2020
Kyle Sammin
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We seem to have a permanent tent city on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Will Mayor Kenney resolve it?
By Kyle Sammin

Politics

Patty-Pat Kozlowski: Kenney, Levine, Pelosi — the Pork Roll Sneaks

September 27, 2020December 15, 2020
Patty-Pat Kozlowski
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Rule #1: you don’t just sit there and eat Pork Roll in front of others who are hungry — unless you’re a politician, that is.
By Patty-Pat Kozlowski

History

Robert Petrone: Christopher Columbus is the greatest hero of the 15th & 16th centuries (pt. II): Columbus the Man

September 25, 2020December 7, 2020
Robert Petrone

Christopher Columbus was none of the epithets with which his detractors repeatedly characterize him — and all of the historical resources show this unequivocally. Part two in a series of eight.
By Robert Petrone

Education

Kevin Mooney: DeVos hears from Bucks County families on need for education options

September 24, 2020September 25, 2020
Kevin Mooney

As Covid-19 has disrupted the school year for students and parents alike, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos meets with local community members.
By Kevin Mooney

State Politics

Adam Brandon: Pennsylvania Democrats want to empower lawyers, not voters

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020
Adam Brandon

By pressing the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to extend the deadline for absentee ballots, Democrats are taking advantage of these weaknesses.
By Adam Brandon

The Economy

Dave Fidlin: Report places Pennsylvania toward bottom of states financially prepared for COVID-19 crisis

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020
Dave Fidlin

Lumbering over chronic unfunded pension and retiree health care benefit costs, Pennsylvania found itself unprepared for the fiscal challenges brought on by the coronavirus, according to a recently released report.
By Dave Fidlin

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