Delaware Valley Journal

While natural gas, fracking and fossil fuel production dominate the political conversation in Pennsylvania (particularly as the presidential election approaches), Ken Zapinski, Director of Research and Public Policy, warns about the big energy issue facing the Keystone State:

Not enough electricity. In a conversation with DVJ Reporter Taylor Millard, Zapinski lays out the growing gap between electricity production and demand. The words "brown out" and "blackout" even appear.

How bad is the supply problem? Three words: "Three Mile Island." 

Will data centers and tech hubs outstrip Pennsylvania's power supply?

The conversation starts here.

Hosted by Michael Graham of InsideSources.com.

Angelina Banks grew up in Philadelphia, has traveled the country, and has even appeared in a pro-Trump TV ad. Now she's living in Springfield, where she's run for public office, and making the case that people of color do not owe their vote to any one party.

She joins DVJournal News Editor Linda Stein to talk about the 2024 election, growing up in her "two-union-member" household, and why she really hates the plastic bag ban.

Hosted by Michael Graham of InsideSources.com.

Hosted by Michael Graham of InsideSources.com. 

A new poll from Pinpoint Policy Institute shows Pennsylvania voters strongly support pro-growth policies and reject the “new right” populist economic agenda of bigger government and higher taxes. Pinpoint Executive Director Gordon Gray talks about the poll's findings, including a three-point race between U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and challenger Dave McCormick, and what it says about Keystone State politics.

"Pinpoint’s new poll clearly demonstrates that across the three critical Blue Wall states, both Republican and swing voters strongly embrace pro-growth policies, including lower taxes, fewer regulations, and smaller government." Gray says.

Hosted by Michael Graham of InsideSources.com.

Attorney J. Matthew Wolfe has been active in Republican politics since he was an undergraduate at Penn. He currently is the Republican Ward Leader in Philadelphia’s 27th Ward and he tells Delaware Valley Journal's Linda Stein the Philly GOP sees opportunity ahead. While the city isn't going to flip to red any time soon, there are Republican voters that can be turned out to help Trump carry Pennsylvania, and possibly win a legislative seat or two.

Hosted by Michael Graham of InsideSources.com.

Bucks County GOP chair Pat Poprik knows the Delaware Valley is a Democratic enclave. But surging GOP voter registrations mean her county has more Republicans than Democrats for first time since George W. Bush was in office, and they're rising in Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties, too. She tells DVJournal's Linda Stein she believes local Republicans will do their part to help Trump carry the state, in part because Democrats have become so extreme on the issues.

Hosted by Michael Graham of InsideSources.com.

An international software glitch may have kept Ellen Cox of Bucks County trapped at the Milwaukee airport the next morning, but she was in high spirits when she joined DVJournal's Linda Stein for a post-RNC convention report Friday.

With her on the pod is Republican National Committeeman Andy Reilly, who helped organize the event. They share their personal experiences from the floor of the Fiserv Forum and talk about how the GOP's unity -- perhaps the highest in 40 years -- might impact elections in Pennsylvania.

Hosted by Michael Graham of InsideSources.com.

When DVJournal invited state Sen. Frank Farry (R-Bucks) to join the podcast, we wanted to talk about the new $47.6 billion budget and the impact of education spending. But the senator began the conversation by expressing his personal concerns over the heated rhetoric in Pennsylvania politics and, of course, the assassination attempt targeting Trump in Butler, Pa.

But DVJournal reporters Linda Stein and Taylor Millard were able to turn the conversation to spending and taxes, too, including a conversation about the state's $22,000+ per pupil spending. How much is too much for taxpayers?

Hosted by Michael Graham of InsideSources.com.

Scott Presler of Early Vote Action never met a voter he didn't want to register, and that includes in Pennsylvania's prisons. The Pied Piper of GOP registration, Presler's message to the GOP is the higher voter registration and turnout is good news for the party in the era of Trump.

Presler talks to DVJournal's Linda Stein and Taylor Millard about how the GOP has drastically closed the voter-registration gap in Pennsylvania, how how he's on the verge of officially turning Bucks County red.

Hosted by Michael Graham of InsideSources.com.

Pennsylvania's Republican National Committeeman Andy Reilly tells the DVJournal podcast that the enthusiasm for Donald Trump across the Keystone State is intense.

"The voters see someone who's basically just a straight talker, and they're tired of people who are blowing smoke up their keister."

Reilly, who formerly served on the Delaware County Council and as county GOP chair, tells Linda Stein and Taylor Millard of DVJournal he believes Trump's popularity will help Dave McCormick beat three-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, Jr. (D).

Reilly also breaks down the bad news from Delaware County Council,  including the drop in the county's bond rating and Councilor Christine Reuther's "gas lit trial balloon" attacking Delco small businesses for filing appeals of their tax assessments.

Hosted by Michael Graham of InsideSources.com.

Former Delaware County Council Chair Wally Nunn joins the Delaware Valley Journal podcast to talk about the latest Delco developments, including the county's downgrade by Moody's and the likely surge in property tax rates that appears to be on the way.

Nunn addresses claims made by Councilor Christine A. Reuther (D) that tax increases are necessary and that deficit spending is the fault of business owners appealing their property tax assessments. (You can listen to Reuther's rant here.)

Nunn takes questions from Taylor Millard and Linda Stein of Delaware Valley Journal.

Hosted by Michael Graham of InsideSources.com.