Spotlight PA
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State Lawmakers Want to Lower Electric Bills. The Budget Impact Might Be Too Big to Swallow
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As lawmakers and Gov. Shapiro hash out budget, a tax cut to lower electric bills and a cap on utility profits are on the table
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Will Education Again Divide the Pa. Legislature This Budget Cycle? There Are Signs of Smoother Sailing
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Sticking points remain on overall funding and tax credits that fund alternatives to public schools, but one key member says a major impasse on education is unlikely.
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Supplying Drugs in Fatal Overdoses Has Led to Hundreds of Pa. Prison Sentences. Grieving Families Are Divided
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Pennsylvania is a leader in prosecuting people for providing drugs used in fatal overdoses.
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Great PA News Quiz: Trump Visit, Governor Candidates Open to Debate, and an Iran War Powers Vote
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In this quiz: Shapiro and Garrity say they’re open to a governor’s race debate, Trump visits a battleground district and U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick ties the knot.
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‘Political’ Trump Admin Rule Puts Reproductive Health Care for 160K Pa. Patients at Risk, Lawsuit Says
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The Trump administration has added an “alignment review” for Title X grants, which help low-income and uninsured patients access family planning.
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ICE Detainee Punished for Speaking to Press About Poor Conditions at Moshannon, Lawyer Says
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Edin Daniel Chinchilla-Roque has allegedly been placed in a higher level of surveillance at the Clearfield County detention center.
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Shapiro Wants to Use Incentives to Push Data Centers to Behave Better. His Own Party Wants to Be More Aggressive
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House Democrats had to cut a deal to convince their members not to rewrite the governor’s data center proposal.
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Shapiro and Garrity Both Say They’re Willing to Debate in This Year’s Pa. Gov Race
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Experts say political debates are getting rarer, but this year both of Pennsylvania’s candidates for governor say they’re open to it.
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Records Show Watchdog’s Elder Abuse Probe Kept Secret as Shapiro’s Office Claims Confidentiality
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Previous governors, including Democrat Tom Wolf, released the findings of inspector general investigations.
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Great PA News Quiz: Skill Games Ruling, Drivers Ticketed and a Time Capsule Buried in Philly
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In this quiz: The $1M bill for Shapiro home upgrades, a traffic enforcement crackdown, agriculture secretary imposes quarantine, and the America 250 time capsule.