Political News
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Great PA News Quiz: Trump Claims Credit for Supermarket Sales, and Pa.’s Hottest Real Estate Market
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In this quiz: the party leading voter registration this year, state universities plan to consider a new type of degree and the state budget adds a new requirement for elementary schools.
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Mandatory Child Death Review Program Gets Fraction of Requested Funding as Counties Struggle
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Some advocates say the $242,000 budget allocation won’t be enough to make major changes to the failing system.
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Fetterman Opens Office in State College
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U.S. Sen. John Fetterman has opened a satellite office in State College to serve as a point of contact for constituents in central Pennsylvania. The office at 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 302, is the Democratic senator’s sixth in the commonwealth. “I’m proud to share that our State College office is officially open for those…
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The Pa. Budget Quietly Relaxed a Standard for Lead Reporting in Schools. Issues With the Law Go Much Deeper
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Several school associations argued the previous, higher lead reporting standard was unrealistic without more state funding.
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ICE Tells Shapiro Administration It Won’t Use Pa. Warehouses as Detention Centers
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ICE’s letters to the Shapiro administration don’t detail what the feds plan to do with the warehouses instead.
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Lawmakers Remain at Odds Over Unconstitutional Murder Sentences as Victims, Attorneys Fear Inaction
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Attorneys and victims’ families prefer a legislative solution over the potential chaos of judges deciding individual cases over years.
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Josh Shapiro Built National Fame on Getting Things Done, but His Full Record Is Complex
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As voters nationwide get to know Josh Shapiro, Spotlight PA examines where he has succeeded as governor but also where he has arguably fallen short.
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Pennsylvania Ranks Last in New Study of 18-Year-Olds’ Voter Registration Rates
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Only 22% of 18-year-old Pennsylvanians are registered to vote, but advocates say there are ways to boost that number.
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Lawmakers Up Transparency for Data Centers, Leave $2B Tax Exemption Untouched in Pa. Budget
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Environmentalists say the one data center proposal that became law, an energy use reporting requirement, is not substantive.
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Great PA News Quiz: What the State Budget Deal Skipped, and Unusual Fundraising
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In this quiz: What the $50.8 billion state budget deal skipped, a rare bipartisan fundraising committee, severe storms and Trump addresses a Defense and Innovation Summit.