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May 10, 2022

Op-Ed: Defunding the Police Won’t Protect Our Communities

Driven by spikes in aggravated assaults and homicides, Pennsylvania has the highest violent crime rate of any state in the Northeast, which climbed 27.1% from 2019 to 2020, according to FBI data. No other state reported a greater year-over-year increase in violence for that same period.  [Read More]

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April 6, 2022

Op-Ed: Politicizing the Teacher Shortage is Wrong & It Only Hurts Our Children

Pennsylvania has a teacher shortage. If we do nothing, our children will suffer consequences like overcrowded classrooms, impersonal instruction, less access to courses and programs they’re offered now, and less time to help our most vulnerable students, resulting in more students being left behind. I have a bill that will help get more teachers into PA classrooms, but some have misinterpreted or been intentionally dishonest about the plain language of the bill and the intent behind its introduction.   [Read More]

Op-Ed: How to Make the Budget Work for Pennsylvania
March 14, 2022

Op-Ed: How to Make the Budget Work for Pennsylvania

After seven years of watching the Wolf administration turn what should be an accounting task into a public spectacle, I’d like to suggest a change in how Pennsylvania puts together a budget.  [Read More]

Op-Ed: How PA Courts Compromised Integrity of PA Elections
February 11, 2022

Op-Ed: How PA Courts Compromised Integrity of PA Elections

The bending of the rules that resulted in a hijacking of Act 77, the significant delays in completing a thorough investigation of the 2020 General Election, and the continued rulings that favor cheaters and obstruct election integrity reform efforts ALL lie at the feet of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. This court has time and again shown its partisan stripes and their disregard for the rule of law  [Read More]

Op-Ed: We’re No. 22 — and that’s bad news
January 21, 2022

Op-Ed: We’re No. 22 — and that’s bad news

It is almost surreal to look at numbers and rankings that show Pennsylvania floundering in comparison to other states, but this freakish economic landscape that puts us behind Ohio and Indiana speaks to a rock-solid reality.  [Read More]

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