Political News
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More Broadband Money Poised to Flow Into Pa. as Trump Admin Agrees to Restore Grant Program
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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 — A broadband grant program that the Trump administration abruptly canceled last year can be restored without language that allowed race to be used as a factor…
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The Second-Degree Sentencing Deadline Has Passed. What Happens Now?
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The Supreme Court ruling does not apply yet to those already serving prison time for the crime.
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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.