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Fracking could decide the election in Pennsylvania — and nationwide

  • Andrew Lewis
  • October 22, 2024

Originally published at the New York Post Pennsylvania may be the deciding state in the 2024 election. And new polling from my organization makes clear energy may be the deciding…

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Public Union Democracy

Union political spending doesn’t represent all their members

  • Andrew Holman
  • October 25, 2024
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It’s Not Just Fracking — Pennsylvanians Oppose Harris’s Climate Policies

  • André Béliveau
  • October 19, 2024
Read More: It’s Not Just Fracking — Pennsylvanians Oppose Harris’s Climate Policies
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Three Mile Island Demonstrates the Value of Free Markets

  • Stephen Bloom
  • October 21, 2024
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    Every child should have the same chance at an excellent education, but Pennsylvania’s school bureaucracy limits our next generation’s potential. We work to expand school choice so that the system works for students—not the other way around.
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