Spotlight PA
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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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5 Things to Know About Penn State’s $11.1B 2027-28 Budget
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Penn State’s tuition will be higher in 2027 as the university grapples with lost revenue and higher personnel costs.
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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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Many Public Libraries in Pa. Are Evolving Into Community Centers. Why Is Their Funding Staying Flat?
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Libraries have expanded their services to offer game nights, health services and more. But all this programming comes with costs they increasingly can’t afford, and funding sources fluctuate.
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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.
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Pa.’s Attorney General Is Defending the State’s Medicaid Abortion Ban in Court. Is He Required to?
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The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear AG Dave Sunday’s appeal of a ruling that found the ban is unconstitutional.
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The Accounting Tricks That Balanced Pa.’s Budget — But Only on Paper
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The plan delays billions in payments to organizations that manage healthcare for Medicaid recipients