public policy Archives - The Independence

If there’s one thing government is good at, it’s infringing on liberty. And one thing modern politicians are bad at is admitting mistakes.

Fitzpatrick, Farry recognized for driving Pennsylvania’s next era of biomedical innovation

Fitzpatrick was named the Federal Official of the Year and Farry the State Official of the Year by Life Science PA.

Dozens of immigration-related bills have been proposed or introduced in Harrisburg – and the debate is largely split along party lines.

Three “Surging South” states improved reading and math scores while reversing post-pandemic academic losses, all with shoestring budgets.

Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI signed the Ratepayer Protection Pledge.

Section 122, which has never been invoked, gives the president temporary authority to address balance-of-payments deficits.

Since the Shapiro Administration took office in 2023, PIDA has approved $161,400,538 in low-interest loans.

In a resolution approved at its Thursday night meeting, the board expressed unified support for a Senate bill to effect the ban.

The parents I spoke to disagreed with the mandates in the Senate bill that required no cellphones on school grounds during school hours.

I personally want my child to have a phone on them for many reasons, the first being safety.