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Pennsylvania
Posted inPolitics
Super PACs Play Loose With the Facts in Promoting Corporate Dems
In races in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, corporate PAC ads have been taken off TV for misinformation.
Posted inPolitics
Summer Lee’s Organizing Model Has Upended Pittsburgh
The state representative, who is in a high-profile congressional primary, has consistently challenged the old guard in her city.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Pennsylvania Oil Lobby Keeps Abandoned Wells Unplugged
The oil and gas industry could jeopardize federal funding to clean up the state’s thousands of abandoned and leaking wells.
Posted inPolitics
The Ohio Model for Purging Progressives
A Democratic establishment victory in a House race last year has emboldened big money to upend this primary cycle.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
John Fetterman vs. Every Predatory Financier in America
Wall Street money rains on the Pennsylvania Senate race.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Conor Lamb’s Shift on Campaign Finance
The Senate hopeful is doing fundraising that would have been outlawed by voting rights bills he supported.
Posted inPolitics
The Uphill Fight for an Ethics Scrutinizer
In Maryland, clean-government groups want to create the post of public advocate to advance voters’ causes and call out government sleaze.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Remote Workers Punch Holes in City Revenues
Cities hard hit by the pandemic economic slowdown maneuver to keep local income taxes flowing.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Eyeing Federal Infrastructure Windfall, Private Equity Courts Public Utilities
Bernhard Capital has pitched to take over management of municipal water and power systems. The federal infrastructure bill could help them.
