All I want for the New Year is an end to the “new normal.”
By Richard Koenig
Congressman pushes back on Pennsylvania bridge tolling plan
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
Gabe Kaminsky: Philly’s indoor dining vax mandate hurts everyone
Philadelphia’s new vaccine mandates are anti-common good and anti-science
By Gabe Kaminsky
Thom Nickels: What Philadelphia was like the last time it had a 500 murder year
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
Carl Marrara: The biggest Pa. business story of 2021 you haven’t heard about
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
Stu Bykofsky: Larry Krasner’s bait-and-switch scheme
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
Wolf vetoes measure aimed at increasing transparency in school curriculum
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
Christine Flowers: Mask-enforcers aren’t practicing what they preach
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
Sen. Regan: Time to end government control on wine and spirits
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
Eisenberg + Sammin: Redistricting in Pennsylvania — What Pennsylvania’s Colonial past tells us
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