After failing to advertise a needed change to Pennsylvania’s state constitution, Governor Wolf’s Secretary of the Commonwealth resigned — leaving victims holding the bag.
By Kyle Sammin
Wolf’s phone log ‘raises more questions than it answers,’ transparency expert says
Gov. Wolf’s office is withholding information on untold hundreds of phone calls, many made at the height of the COVID-19 crisis, in response to a Right to Know Law request from Delaware Valley Journal.
By Todd Shepherd
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Boockvar resigns over error that delays justice for sex abuse survivors
PA legislators on both sides of the aisle, along with Gov. Tom Wolf himself, were quick to unequivocally renounce Boockvar’s blatant display of misgovernance.
By Christen Smith
Kyle Sammin: Pennsylvania’s pensions crisis looms — but the problems are solvable
Pennsylvania’s leadership, like that of so many other states, has been kicking our looming pensions crisis to tomorrow’s taxpayers. Through reforms made decades ago in the private sector, our leaders can address the problem and save the Commonwealth from insolvency.
By Kyle Sammin
Elizabeth Stelle: The dangerous legacy of emergencies like Covid-19
Recent crises show that trading liberty for security risks a permanent loss of freedom.
By Elizabeth Stelle
Patty-Pat Kozlowski: Philly’s Frankenstein — Larry Krasner’s sick social experiment comes to life
A sick social experiment has come to life under “progressive” Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. Many lives have been lost.
By Patty-Pat Kozlowski
Colin O’Reilly: The first steps toward a flourishing post-Covid economy in Pennsylvania
Is Pennsylvania’s economy dynamic enough to adapt to the post-Covid-19 world? Some of the most compelling data available suggest that it is – as long as Pennsylvanians are given a fighting chance.
By Colin O’Reilly
Pennsylvania’s school choice debate more fraught than ever amid pandemic
With the arrival of National School Choice week, and with the pandemic still disrupting in-person instruction, the debate over school choice has reached a new level of importance, particularly for one Democratic state senator.
By Christen Smith
Constitutional amendments limiting Pennsylvania governor’s emergency powers advancing toward possible passage
Republicans in both chambers of PA’s General Assembly advanced bills this week that would limit Gov. Wolf’s emergency powers in an attempt to reign in his executive authority during the pandemic.
By Christen Smith
Murder rate up in Upper Darby, coincides with national increase superintendent says
For the first time in 20 years, the number of homicides in Upper Darby broke double digits, following the wake of Philadelphia’s deadliest year in more than a decade.
By Todd Shepherd