Pennsylvania lawmakers have introduced and advanced extreme, harmful policy ideas and tax hikes.
By Nathan Benefield
Rep. Lloyd Smucker: This Second Chance Month, let’s help returning Americans get back to work
A study tracked employment for over 51,000 people released from federal prison in 2010. One-third of them were not employed at all during that four-year period. We can do better.
By Rep. Lloyd Smucker
Thom Nickels: Whitewashing Ben Franklin
The Founding Father had a more varied background than we were taught in school.
By Thom Nickels
Beth Ann Rosica: UK study has local implications for children and transgender treatments
Findings from a revolutionary new report on gender identity services for children contradict current US and local practices.
By Beth Ann Rosica
D’Orsie + Rowe: A new day has, indeed, dawned in the Pennsylvania State House
Democratic House leadership has overpromised and underperformed — while turning a blind eye to misconduct in their caucus.
By Joe D’Orsie + David Rowe
Peter Mihalick: Foreign investment in Pennsylvania company is good
The potential Nippon Steel investment in U. S. Steel is a culmination of the bipartisan desire for strategic reshoring of critical industries.
By Peter Mihalick
Paul Davis: City and federal task force is combating carjacking
Carjacking in Philadelphia declined sharply last year from 2022’s record high, thanks in part to federal-local law enforcement cooperation.
By Paul Davis
Guy Ciarrocchi: ‘Greedflation’ and other tall tales
Casey, Biden, and Democrats never accept blame for the harm they cause.
By Guy Ciarrocchi
Thom Nickels: Preserving a dream — Dream Garden and the Curtis Center
The winding road to what became one of the city’s great art installations — and how we kept it from being dismantled.
By Thom Nickels
David Mitchell: Nurse practitioners can solve rural health care shortages
In states where they have full practice authority, NPs can help meet patients’ needs in underserved communities — but not Pennsylvania.
By David Mitchell