The 2024 election may be over, but it is safe to bet that Gov. Josh Shapiro — whose national ambitions are well known — already has his eyes set on 2028. As Pennsylvania enters the final legislative session of his term, Shapiro should avoid putting the presidential cart before his […]
Allegiance: A tale of two threatened Pennsylvania steel companies
(The Center Square) – Federal interference threatened operations for two Pennsylvania steel companies this year. The allies on the battlefield, however, looked a lot different – a fact that’s left critics questioning Gov. Josh Shapiro’s allegiances. When the Biden administration’s energy efficiency regulation for distribution transformers threatened to shutter a […]
Beth Ann Rosica: Despite federal reversal, PA continues to allow boys to compete against girls in school sports
Last month, the Biden administration quietly abandoned its plan to force school districts to allow boys to compete against girls in sports. Before that about-face, districts across the country had been threatened with a loss of federal funding if they failed to comply with yet another revision of the Title […]
Howard Lurie: Shapiro’s actions strain our constitutional principles
In late November, Governor Josh Shapiro directed the state Department of Transportation to move $153 million of federal highway capital funds to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). The transfer of funds from road projects to public transit aid is meant to avoid SEPTA’s announced service cuts and fare increases. […]
Elizabeth Stelle: Corporate welfare doesn’t work. Cutting red tape does.
In 2021, Pennsylvania lawmakers created the Local Resource Manufacturing (LRM) tax credit to attract businesses to the Keystone State. Shortly after, Nacero, a fuel-development company, announced its plan to build a natural gas-to-gasoline plant in Luzerne County. At the time, politicians boasted the project would lead to thousands of construction […]
Mass transit’s mass state funding
(The Center Square) – State government covers more than half of operational costs for mass transit systems in Pennsylvania’s largest cities. Notably, it’s not rider fares or contributions from local taxing authorities. In 2022, the latter represented just 7.5 percent of funding for both SEPTA in the Philadelphia region and the […]
Shapiro says ‘real freedom’ starts with public schools
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Wednesday that Democrats support the “kind of freedom” that starts in the classroom. Specifically, the public school classroom. “You know what Democrats? We are the party of real freedom,” Shapiro said from the Democratic National Convention stage in Chicago. “The kind […]
Rep. Tim O’Neal: Will Josh Shapiro bend left to rise?
The Democrats’ drift to embrace California-style leftism should worry Pennsylvanians not just for what it has done to the party nationally, but for what it might do right here to our own governor. You don’t need a pencil to connect the dots. When Josh Shapiro caves to his party’s expanding […]
Complaint: Union dues illegally funded Shapiro campaign in 2022
(The Center Square) – The Pennsylvania State Education Association funneled nearly $1.5 million in membership dues into Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 2022 campaign, according to a recent complaint filed with the state’s Office of Attorney General. In the 44-page document, the Freedom Foundation says the teachers union took extra steps to […]
Beth Ann Rosica: Will Shapiro step up after being turned down?
Shapiro has an opportunity to learn from his mistakes after being passed over for the VP spot, the question is, will he?
By Beth Ann Rosica