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Month: April 2021

Politics

Larry Platt: Larry Krasner is losing the battle against homicide. Will voters even care?

April 19, 2021April 19, 2021
Larry Platt

With an election looming and body bags piling up at an alarming rate, can D.A. Larry Krasner skirt accountability?
By Larry Platt

Education

Beth Ann Rosica: A reckoning for school boards

April 19, 2021April 19, 2021
Beth Ann Rosica

School board directors work for the tax-paying citizens in the District, not for the superintendent or the teacher’s union. And this May, that should be made clear.
By Beth Ann Rosica

News

Bucks lawmakers to Mayor Kenney: refund our commuters’ wage taxes

April 17, 2021April 19, 2021
Linda Stein
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Suburban residents who normally commute into Philadelphia for work, but stayed home due to the pandemic, are facing red tape and hurdles as they try to get reimbursed for the wage taxes they paid while working from home.
By Linda Stein

Media Bias

Christine Flowers: If Wolf were DeSantis, what would the headlines be?

April 16, 2021April 16, 2021
Christine Flowers

After the controversial “60 Minutes” story about Gov. DeSantis, one has to wonder what the headlines would look like if Gov. Wolf received the same treatment?
By Christine Flowers

News

White House report grades Pennsylvania infrastructure C-

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021
Christen Smith
1

A White House report rates Pennsylvania’s infrastructure at a C- after decades of “systemic” underfunding.
By Christen Smith

News

Delco signals it intends to run prison at 70 percent capacity in the future

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021
Todd Shepherd

After taking over George W. Hill prison, the Delaware County Council county intends to run the correctional facility at somewhere between 60 to 70 percent of the prison’s original capacity.
By Todd Shepherd

Education

Jamie Walker: Bucks County parents v. the teachers’ union

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021
Jamie Walker
2

As a parent in the Central Bucks County School District, I became worried about my children’s future when the schools shut down. When local health authorities said reopening was safe but schools remained closed, I decided to find out who was pulling the strings.
By Jamie Walker

Unions

Gina Diorio: How local politicians are betrayed by their union friends

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021
Gina Diorio
2

PACs funded by public-sector unions often spend overwhelming sums to defeat local Republican politicians who the unions have publicly befriended and even endorsed. This shows that they are happy to rent Republicans and their votes until they can own a Democrat and their allegiance.
By Gina Diorio

News

Zuckerberg-funded 2020 election grants skewed heavily toward PA’s ‘blue’ counties

April 13, 2021April 14, 2021
Todd Shepherd

Approximately $20.8 million in election grants from a Zuckerburg-funded non-profit went to at least 21 Pennsylvania counties. While grant proponents say they went to both “red” and “blue” counties, a B+L analysis shows “red” county grants were a fraction of what was given to “blue” counties.
By Todd Shepherd

The Economy

Guy Ciarrocchi: Small business owners showed compassion while government shut them down

April 12, 2021April 18, 2021
Guy Ciarrocchi

Instead of celebrating the taxpayer-funded aid sent to struggling communities and businesses, true compassion—true leadership—would be to focus on putting local business owners and citizens back in charge of their own fate.
By Guy Ciarrocchi

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