(The Center Square) – The day after the Pennsylvania House of Representatives sent them a hefty spending plan, Senate leaders […]
David Sanko: Local roads and bridges left out of Shapiro’s massive mass transit funding bill
In Pennsylvania, nearly every journey begins and ends on a local road, yet you wouldn’t know it from Gov. Josh […]
From the Editors: Shapiro’s unsustainable budget
Democrats love to use the word “sustainable” lately, so they really ought to take their own advice and look at […]
Rep. Tim O’Neal: Breaking the zip code barrier and putting students first
Education in Pennsylvania is at a crossroads. Closures during the pandemic set students back years. And a landmark Commonwealth Court […]
Manion + Grigalonis: SEPTA is not just a Philly issue — all of Pennsylvania has a stake in mass transit
In the debate over how to fund Pennsylvania’s roads, bridges and transit systems, one counterproductive misconception persists: that mass transit, […]
Rep. Jim Struzzi: Pennsylvania needs workable transit solutions
Federal, state, and local governments have grappled with mass transit funding for decades. Balancing appropriate rider fares and local funding […]
Rep. Jason Ortitay: Time to fix Pennsylvania’s literacy crisis now
When nearly half of Pennsylvania’s third graders can’t read at grade level, we don’t have an education gap; we have […]
Sen. Jarrett Coleman: From flight logs to being watchdogs — what I learned from the Senate budget hearings
Six billion dollars: that is the difference between revenue projections and Governor Shapiro’s latest budget proposal. He’s proposing that we […]
Shapiro’s business tax cut proposal comes with costly strings
(The Center Squre) – As part of his newest budget proposal, Gov. Josh Shapiro suggested accelerating an ongoing reduction of […]