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The DRBC says the current plan to boost downstream flows may not be enough to repel a “salt front” in the tidal Delaware River.
Editor Cyril Mychalejko's conversation with the head of the New Pennsylvania Project also touches on Civil Rights history, the importance of this year’s statewide judicial elections, and anti-democratic legislation like the SAVE Act.
It’s just one of the ways lawmakers are trying to insert Judeo-Christian doctrine into public education.
W.E.B. Du Bois' observation that race prejudice “is a far more powerful social force than most Philadelphians realize" is still true today.
Under attack by Trump, the Sanctuary Movement is rising up with other human rights activists against the greatest threat to immigrants since Reagan’s dirty wars created the first flood of people fleeing for their lives out of Central America.
Opinion
Donald Trump’s address before a joint session of Congress Tuesday night showed it.
Trump's executive order last month reversing the federal government’s move away from single-use plastics is great news for the petrochemical industry, but toxic news for the environment and public health.
“When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains ... We want to put them in trauma,” said Trump's Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought.
Trump's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was horrible television and even worse politics, writes Bucks County military veteran Steve Nolan, author of "American Carnage: An Officer's Duty to Warn."
What Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg all have in common.
Education
It’s just one of the ways lawmakers are trying to insert Judeo-Christian doctrine into public education.
Pennsylvania is currently the nation’s leading state for cyber charters, with 13 charters serving nearly 60,000 students.
Both sides are declaring victory.
Now that ICE agents have the green light to conduct operations at or near schools, school playgrounds, and bus stops, it is critical for districts to understand the law and have procedures in place to protect their students.
The five-session interactive program empowers students to better understand the root causes of bullying, become more resilient by increasing their self esteem, and to be more empathetic, said The Peace Center's Danny Thomas.
Elections
Pennsylvania's Republican Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt said states need federal help to safeguard elections from foreign and domestic bad actors.
The Democratic-majority court has played a big role in defusing election challenges. Now Republicans are mobilizing for a takeover.
Election officials have long complained about the interface. They’ll have to wait a couple more years for a change.
“In a strong and healthy democracy, voters choose our representatives, but today we see too many power hungry politicians draw gerrymandered maps to silence voters,” said Common Cause Pennsylvania's Philip Hensley-Robin.
Lawmakers signal some room for agreement on expanded voter ID rules and revised mail ballot procedures.
The strategies range from outright reversals to “slow walking” the implementation of voter-approved ballot initiatives, such as lawmakers refusing to provide funding.
Recent Votes:
- H.Res. 177: Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to “Energy Conservation Prog March 4, 2025Vote: Passed 211/209 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Aye
- On Ordering the Previous Question: H.Res. 177: Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional … March 4, 2025Vote: Passed 196/187 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- H.R. 758: Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2025 March 4, 2025Vote: Passed 402/16 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
- H.R. 856: Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act March 3, 2025Vote: Passed 417/0 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
