A Chester County family is being displaced from their home to make way for a two mile “Trail to Nowhere”.
By Stephen Wahrhaftig
Chris Comisac: When will PA Democrats get real about the state’s education spending?
While the Democrats on Tuesday seized upon the state’s percentage portion of spending, decrying the 44th-in-the-nation ranking the percentage represents, they don’t bother to do the math.
By Chris Comisac
Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 disaster declaration nears termination
Pennsylvania voters agreed to limit the governor’s emergency powers via two constitutional amendments approved during the May 18 primary election. Now the legislature is leading the state out of the pandemic.
By Christen Smith
Philadelphia School District does not track failing students
Despite asserting that they do track information regarding students failing classes, the district refused to provide relevant information on the grounds that the documents don’t exist.
By Todd Shepherd
Colleen Hroncich: Students will suffer under Wolf’s latest charter attack
Targeting charter schools under the guise of fiscal responsibility is the latest attempt by the Wolf Administration to limit school choice for families. After the struggles of the past year, no family should be pushed around.
By Colleen Hroncich
Grant Schmidt: Not even your trash is safe from ‘woke’ activists
In Haverford Township, there is a group of activists who find our waste management process to be a violation of their nearly religious woke dogma. In fact, they want to end trash pickup entirely without even pretending to think up an alternative.
By Grant Schmidt
‘Blue’ Southeast PA counties had head start on election grants
Despite discussing private election grants with Delaware, Montgomery, and Chester counties in August, the Pa. DOH did not make other counties aware of the grants until September, 2020.
By Todd Shepherd
Rep. Dean and State Sen. Hughes: COVID-19 relief funds should be distributed now
The time for recovery from the pandemic – physical, psychological and economic – is now. We must have the vision and will to move past the political infighting, be bipartisan, and fight for bold ideas that put the people first.
By State Senator Vincent J. Hughes and U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean
Lawmakers split over 2020 election audit in Pennsylvania
State leadership is divided over whether it should perform an election audit like Arizona. Many seem more focused on modifying the election law than spending any more time on the 2020 election.
By Christen Smith
David R. Osborne: Teachers’ unions don’t speak for all teachers
Teachers rank near the top of any list of most trusted professions—and for good reason. But, as the fight to reopen schools showed, their unions drive a wedge between public education and the community.
By David R. Osborne