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Pennsylvania takes steps to ease volunteer firefighter crisis

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023
Lauren Jessop

Pennsylvania has a higher percentage of volunteer firefighters than nearly any other state. Switching to full-time professionals is not feasible in most places.
By Lauren Jessop

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Kevin Mooney: Navigating open records requests in an age of pandemics, school closures, and mask mandates

January 24, 2023January 26, 2023
Kevin Mooney

Pennsylvania’s Open Records law is a powerful tool for transparency — one that local governments resist as hard as they can.
By Kevin Mooney

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Joe Gale: Val Arkoosh’s undeserved promotion to Secretary of Human Services

January 23, 2023January 23, 2023
Joe Gale
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Too often, big-government bureaucrats don’t just get it wrong, they get promoted.
By Joe Gale

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Parent alleges school district acted in bad faith to a state senator’s open records request for Covid information

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023
Todd Shepherd

“If government officials aren’t bound by the rule of law, then we are subject to their whims,” a parent said. “This isn’t a left or right issue. This is a matter of fundamental civil rights.”
by Todd Shepherd

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“ReOpen Bucks” group asserts new documents show county health director was cut out of key Covid policy reversal

January 9, 2023January 16, 2023
Todd Shepherd
2

Several counties in Pennsylvania have their own health departments to chart their own course on health policy. But what does it really matter when the state can thwart that independence anytime it wants?
By Todd Shepherd

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Andy Bloom: I’m conservative – not crazy

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023
Andy Bloom
10

Members of Congress holding up the people’s business are not conservatives. They are crazies.
By Andy Bloom

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Pennsylvania gets $2M for 988 crisis line to help with workforce hiring

December 30, 2022January 2, 2023
Anthony Hennen

The nation’s first three-digit mental health crisis hotline went live this summer.
By Anthony Hennen

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Terry Tracy: Delco using $60 million in non-recurring funds to balance FY 2023 Proposed Budget — taxpayer beware

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022
Terry Tracy
3

Balancing the budget on one-time federal handouts keeps the county on a course of unsustainable spending.
By Terry Tracy

Government

Delco last of suburban Philly counties to post proposed budget online

December 5, 2022December 5, 2022
Todd Shepherd

The county council’s tardiness gives citizens just six days to review the budget.
By Todd Shepherd

Government

Andy Bloom: Incompetence, stupidity, hypocrisy, and lying from the Biden administration

September 21, 2022September 21, 2022
Andy Bloom
2

The lies coming out of the administration are as numerous as they’ve ever been, showing contempt for the American people.
By Andy Bloom

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