Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA
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Badly Needed Updates to Pa.’s Election Law Unlikely Despite New Consensus on Voter ID
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Conflicting partisan priorities and disagreements over voter ID specifics continue to make election deals tricky.
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Independent Expert Will Review Security at Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Official Residence After Arson Attack
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Top lawmakers say they won’t consider whether to hold hearings about the security breach until a review is complete, or are still weighing what actions to take.
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Arson Suspect Who Allegedly Targeted Gov. Josh Shapiro Is ‘Mentally Ill,’ Mother Says
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Conversations with Cody Balmer’s neighbors and a review of public information reveal a chronically troubled man who does not seem to have a strong political ideology.
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Campaign Cash Flowed to Key Pa. Lawmakers as Hunters Launched an Offensive to Save Pigeon Shoots
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The proposed pigeon shooting ban passed through a Pennsylvania House committee with bipartisan support. Then it stalled, and the lawmaker in charge won’t say why.
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Democrat Wins Pa. Senate Race in Trump +15 District, a Major Upset
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The Lancaster County seat has been red since it moved to south-central Pennsylvania in the 1980s.
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Powerful Interests Poured $18M Into Top Pa. Lawmakers’ Campaign Coffers
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Lobbyists say such donations can lead to access, but the state’s weak transparency laws make it nearly impossible to trace influence.
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Public Will No Longer Be in the Dark About Shapiro Flights on Taxpayer-Funded State Police Aircraft
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Unlike a PennDOT-operated plane, state police aircraft don’t have to publish public logs of who they carry or the cost.
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Republicans Have a Chance to Transform the Pa. Supreme Court This Year
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Judicial retention elections in Pennsylvania are usually sleepy. But this year, Republicans say they’re going all in to unseat three Democratic Supreme Court justices.
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Shapiro Renews Calls for Legal Weed, Regulated Skill Games in Budget That Would Send $526M to Poorest Schools
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The governor’s latest budget pitch would send an additional $290 million to the state’s public transit agencies, invest more in a new student-teacher stipend and more.
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Legal Weed, More Money for Pa.’s Poorest Schools Will Likely Be in Shapiro’s Budget Pitch
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Gov. Josh Shapiro is expected to reuse ideas from his first two years in office that have yet to win enough support in the legislature.