Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA
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As 2024 Election Approaches, Voting Officials Worry Pa. Isn’t Prepared for Misinformation
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Four officials share the concrete changes they say would shore up Pennsylvania’s system against frivolous fraud allegations as the 2024 election approaches.
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Where Gov. Josh Shapiro Stands on Biggest Campaign Promises Through His First Year in Office
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Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro has gotten a slow start on key goals like a minimum wage increase and corporate tax cuts. The GOP-controlled state Senate has been his biggest roadblock.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro Appeals Decisions That Struck Down Key Climate Program to Pa.’s Highest Court
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The governor has been noncommittal about keeping Pennsylvania in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, and his office said the appeal is not a pledge to do so.
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Pa. Supreme Court Election Results: Democrat Daniel McCaffery Beats Republican Carolyn Carluccio
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McCaffery, a Superior Court judge, has won a 10-year term on the state Supreme Court, one of Pennsylvania’s appellate benches.
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Pa. Court Strikes Down a Key Climate Program, but Environmentalists Expect an Appeal
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The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, is a cap-and-trade program aimed at cutting emissions. Environmentalists say Commonwealth Court’s decision to strike it down will likely be appealed.
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Pennsylvania’s Voting Law Is Filled with Obsolete Provisions, Troublesome Conflicts
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Pennsylvania’s voting law has not had a comprehensive overhaul since 1937. That’s had consequences for election officials.
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Pa.’s Election Code Is Badly Outdated. That Could Have Serious Consequences in 2024
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Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — On a rainy June Thursday, Pennsylvania lawmakers gathered in Harrisburg as the governor signed off on a complete revamp of the law that regulates…
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Officials Celebrate Pa.’s Two Hydrogen Hubs but Many Details Remain Shrouded in Secrecy
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The Biden administration is spending billions to build hydrogen hubs. Here’s what you need to know about the two coming to PA.
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Shapiro Isn’t Sold on a Key Climate Program, and His Working Group Isn’t Either. What’s Next for RGGI?
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A group appointed by Gov. Josh Shapiro believes a cap-and-trade program would help meet his ambitious climate goals, although the members lacked consensus on how best to move forward.
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Five Former Pa. Governors Want to Allow Independents to Vote in Partisan Primaries
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Five former Pennsylvania governors want to open the state’s closed primary system by allowing unaffiliated voters to pick partisan candidates.