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Municipal Government

Christine Flowers: The collapse of everything

June 13, 2023June 13, 2023
Christine Flowers
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Bridges, hopes, and leadership are all falling apart in Philadelphia.
By Christine Flowers

Government

Federal money for broadband gives Pennsylvania an opportunity

July 13, 2022July 14, 2022
Anthony Hennen

The commonwealth is expected to have a statewide plan for expanding broadband by the end of the year.
By Anthony Hennen

Transportation

Rebecca Oyler: Plan for bridge tolling a gift Pennsylvanians don’t want

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022
Rebecca Oyler

PennDOT’s latest bridge tolling initiative not only digs into Pennsylvanians’ pockets, it limits representative self-government in our Commonwealth.
By Rebecca Oyler

Politics

Bill Scher: Why the bipartisan infrastructure bill could pass this month

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021
Bill Scher

There are a few factors that could weaken progressive resistance to the infrastructure bill, even as the left flank clashes over it and the Build Back Better legislation.
By Bill Scher

The Economy

Carrie Sheffield: Inflationary $3.5T plan would hurt poor, elderly, minorities

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021
Carrie Sheffield
1

Poor, minority, and elderly families are hardest hit by rising inflation rates, and a Democrat-championed $3.5 trillion “human infrastructure” bill will only make things worse.
By Carrie Sheffield

Transportation

Pennsylvania’s alternate transportation funding plan ‘dead on arrival,’ legislators say

August 4, 2021August 4, 2021
Christen Smith
1

A package of transportation revenue options proposed last week will not pass the General Assembly this year, legislators said, leaving questions about how the state will address its multibillion dollar infrastructure problem.
By Christen Smith

Politics

Poll flashes warning signs on Democrat-only “infrastructure” bill

August 4, 2021August 20, 2021
Joe Silverstein

As Democrats contemplate a three-to-four trillion dollar “human infrastructure” bill to add to a bipartisan infrastructure bill, a national poll shows significant vulnerability in key swing Congressional Districts.
By Joe Silverstein

Transportation

Andrew Abramczyk: Biden’s “Infrastructure” plan shows why we can’t have nice things

June 17, 2021June 18, 2021
Andrew Abramczyk
2

The Biden bill exemplifies everything that’s gone wrong with our politics.
By Andrew Abramczyk

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

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