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Year: 2021

Op-Ed

Richard Koenig: A New Year’s resolution: Get back to pre-Covid normal — soonest

December 31, 2021January 5, 2022
Richard Koenig

All I want for the New Year is an end to the “new normal.”
By Richard Koenig

Transportation

Congressman pushes back on Pennsylvania bridge tolling plan

December 29, 2021December 29, 2021
Victor Skinner
2

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is promoting the Major Bridge P3 Initiative to install tolls on nine major bridges as a necessary funding source to replace or repair the structures
by Victor Skinner

Health

Gabe Kaminsky: Philly’s indoor dining vax mandate hurts everyone

December 29, 2021December 29, 2021
Gabe Kaminsky
5

Philadelphia’s new vaccine mandates are anti-common good and anti-science
By Gabe Kaminsky

Crime

Thom Nickels: What Philadelphia was like the last time it had a 500 murder year

December 29, 2021December 29, 2021
Thom Nickels
4

Philadelphia’s murder rate is now worse than it was in 1990. Here is one Philly writer’s account of what the state of crime looked like three decades ago.
By Thom Nickels

Industry

Carl Marrara: The biggest Pa. business story of 2021 you haven’t heard about

December 28, 2021December 29, 2021
Carl Marrara
4

A Texas-based company will be building a mammoth natural gas plant in Luzerne County. Unheralded by the media, it’s time to celebrate a monumental investment for workers in Northeast Pa.
By Carl Marrara

Constitutional Law

Stu Bykofsky: Larry Krasner’s bait-and-switch scheme

December 24, 2021December 24, 2021
Stu Bykofsky

A former Municipal Court employee says Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is running a cynical game when it comes to requesting bail amounts.

“His tactic was a trick to force magistrates to lower bail to normal levels — and then blame them for rising crime.”
by Stu Bykofsky

Education

Wolf vetoes measure aimed at increasing transparency in school curriculum

December 23, 2021December 23, 2021
Victor Skinner

Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed legislation Wednesday that would have given parents a closer look at what their children are learning in school.
By Victor Skinner

Education

Christine Flowers: Mask-enforcers aren’t practicing what they preach

December 22, 2021December 26, 2021
Christine Flowers

Mandatory masking hurts students, especially when hypocrisy is involved. It’s time for schools to stop flaunting the same rules they want imposed on children.
By Christine Flowers

State Politics

Sen. Regan: Time to end government control on wine and spirits

December 21, 2021December 21, 2021
State Sen. Mike Regan
1

After nearly 90 years of this state-run monopoly, now is the time to end government control of the sale of wine and spirits.
By Senator Mike Regan

Election

Eisenberg + Sammin: Redistricting in Pennsylvania — What Pennsylvania’s Colonial past tells us

December 21, 2021December 27, 2021
Eisenberg and Sammin
1

The once-in-a-decade process of redistricting is happening in Harrisburg. What does the future hold for Pennsylvania districts, both for state and federal office?
By Albert Eisenberg and Kyle Sammin

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