Mere months after taking office, Parker has taken meaningful action where her predecessor demurred.
By Terry Tracy
Paul Davis: Does Philadelphia need Krasner’s new Prolific Gun Offenders unit?
And why aren’t prolific gun offenders already in jail?
By Paul Davis
Gross receipts tax rare nationwide, but not in Pennsylvania
Critics say the tax is regressive and harmful to small businesses.
By Anthony Hennen
Elizabeth Stelle: Why is rural broadband so challenging? Government red tape, mostly.
An alphabet soup of executive agencies imposes enough regulations to grind any project to a halt.
By Elizabeth Stelle
Christine Flowers: Catholics, kickers and abortion
Harrison Butker’s pro-life sentiments shouldn’t affect his football career.
By Christine Flowers
Beth Ann Rosica: Hold the phone
“Social media use is a cause of anxiety, depression, and other ailments,” social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says.
By Beth Ann Rosica
Ben Mannes: Is crime really going down?
Sources reveal a disparity in federal reporting metrics that raises serious questions about the validity of crime statistics.
By A. Benjamin Mannes
Can RFK Jr. qualify for the ballot in Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania’s ballot access requirements are not as onerous as other states’, but lawsuits are inevitable.
By Steve Ulrich
Senate session recordings publicly inaccessible
Pennsylvania is one of only a few states that doesn’t make its Senate recordings publicly accessible online.
By Anthony Hennen
Thom Nickels: Cremation? Not for me.
The funerary practice is common across many major religions, but the author finds it far from perfect.
By Thom Nickels
