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Butler County voting case heads to state court

The case could standardize county rules when voters make errors in returning mail ballots.
By Jordan Wilkie/WITF


Commonwealth Court ruling strikes down adjusted ‘age-out’ rule for Pa. special education students

A rule change lengthening the time students with disabilities can stay in Pennsylvania public schools has been deemed void and “unenforceable” in a new Commonwealth Court ruling.

By Jillian Forstadt/WESA

Pa. school districts and lawmakers praise court’s school funding decision, but for different reasons

Both are reacting to a state court decision that declared the current public school funding formula unconstitutional.
By Gabriela Martínez/WITF and Sam Dunklau

The Pennsylvania state Senate’s election investigation gets its day in court – nearly a year after it started

Commonwealth Court judges are mulling whether the Republican-led probe into Pennsylvania’s election system can move forward.
By Sam Dunklau

Updated: 2022-08-19 13:03:26

Doug Mastriano and some Pa. GOP leaders think Christianity and government should be linked

Mastriano, a state appellate judge, and other figures used a rally on William Penn this summer to express Christian Nationalist views.

By Sam Dunklau
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