Regional & State News
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Sean Simmers
Pennsylvania board’s cancellation of gay actor’s school visit ill-advised, education leaders say
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Tony Dejak
All Pa. school standardized tests, including PSSAs, to move online by 2026
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What to expect in Pennsylvania’s presidential and state primaries
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Pennsylvania House Dems propose new expulsion rules after remote voting by lawmaker facing a warrant
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Pennsylvania school district cancels actor’s speech over his activism and ‘lifestyle’
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Health
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Emma Lee
As abortion restrictions increase, Pitt study finds more young people seek sterilization
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Katie Blackley
As Pennsylvania’s Medicaid ‘unwinding’ hits a year, thousands have lost coverage but many haven’t
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Nate Smallwood
Penn Highlands Elk maternal care cuts highlight Pa.’s widening rural services gap
The end of Penn Highlands’ birth services marks another huge maternal care loss for Pennsylvania’s shrinking rural counties.By Marley Parish of Spotlight PA State College -
Nam Y. Huh
Cancer patients do better when mental health care is part of treatment, Pitt study finds
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Daniel Fishel/For Spotlight PA
Oversight board will secretly review how Pa. counties spent millions of dollars to fight opioid crisis
Counties must report how they spent tens of millions of dollars they received in the first rounds of opioid settlement payments.
Climate & Energy
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Rachel McDevitt
Pa. House measure aims to protect vulnerable communities from heavy pollution burden
The bill would let state regulators deny permits if a plant would create too much of a burden on environmental justice communities.
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Rachel McDevitt
Pa. lawmakers push bills to bring labor, environmental groups together
Three bills from the package have already passed the House with bipartisan support.
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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
$1 million fine levied for major gas leak in western Pa.
The Rager Mountain storage field owned by Equitrans spewed methane gas for nearly two weeks.
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Photos: StateImpact Pennsylvania visits Centralia, Wash.
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Coal transition: Raising fish and a workforce with an economic development grant
Grants totaling $65,000 were used to upgrade a high school’s fish hatchery program.
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Politics & Policy
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What to expect in Pennsylvania’s presidential and state primaries
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Pennsylvania House Dems propose new expulsion rules after remote voting by lawmaker facing a warrant
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Matt Smith
Missing voting machine documents raise concern about Pa. county’s testing processes
An investigation by Votebeat and Spotlight PA shows Northampton County had incomplete, disorganized, and inconsistent records from its 2023 voting machine testing. Is legislation needed?By Carter Walker of Votebeat -
Amanda Berg
The vast majority of Pa. legislative races will effectively be decided during the primary
Pennsylvania’s 2024 state House and Senate races will be decided by just a sliver of the voting population, thanks to closed primaries and non-competitive districts. -
Amanda Berg
Pa. primary election 2024: How to vote, where to vote, and everything you need to know for April 23
On April 23, Pennsylvanians will cast their votes for president, U.S. Senate, attorney general, and more.By Elizabeth Estrada of Spotlight PA
National & World News
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Amid concerns about kids and guns, some say training is the answer
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Jeremy Long
Supreme Court gives skeptical eye to key statute used to prosecute Jan. 6 rioters
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Anna Moneymaker
Real-life ‘Rosie the Riveters’ reunite in D.C. to win the nation’s top civilian honor
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Spencer Platt
Here’s the new plan to boost background checks for guns bought at shows or online
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Rogelio V. Solis
EPA puts limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
By Pien Huang/NPR
