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September 24, 2025 | 5:26 PM

Pa. treasurer announces loan programs for counties, pre-K impacted by late budget

By Jaxon White/WITF
September 19, 2025 | 1:03 PM

Political gridlock continues over Pa. budget, straining finances for counties, schools, nonprofits

By Jaxon White/WITF
January 29, 2025 | 6:18 PM

Election reforms, mental health funding, and 911 support — counties set their legislative priorities

By Jordan Wilkie/WITF

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February 26, 2023 | 7:31 AM

This group gets left-leaning policies passed in red states. How? Ballot measures

The Fairness Project has created a playbook for using ballot initiatives to go around GOP-led state legislatures

By Laura Benshoff/NPR
January 29, 2023 | 6:44 AM

Election-denying Pennsylvania lawmakers hold key election oversight roles

High-profile appointments give the lawmakers a platform to cast further doubt on the integrity of elections in states that will be pivotal for selecting the next president in 2024.

By Marc Levy and Jonathan J. Cooper/The Associated Press
December 11, 2022 | 6:19 PM

Pennsylvania House Republicans file lawsuit to block Democratic-scheduled special elections

Democrats are eager for the contests to take place and presumably cement their majority, while Republicans seek to maintain some measure of power.
By Stephen Caruso/SpotlightPA
September 14, 2022 | 4:28 PM

Clandestine plan to force a vote on Pa. legislative gift ban fails, lawmakers shrug

Advocates have long pushed to place limits on the monetary value of gifts lobbyists can give to lawmakers, but it would take action from the people who benefit most.
By Stephen Caruso/SpotlightPA
May 31, 2022 | 5:12 AM

Gift ban, other government reforms changes stall in Pennsylvania despite promises from leadership

Government reform advocates argue the legislature, swayed by donors and leadership, lacks the political will to rid itself of the perks of being in elected office.

By Christina Baker/Spotlight PA
October 12, 2021 | 5:15 AM

Pa. lawmakers spend millions of tax dollars on private lawyers but often don’t reveal why

A review of thousands of pages of documents shows the cases ranged from public records fights to secret personnel problems to attempts to overturn last year’s presidential election.

By Angela Couloumbis/Spotlight PA and Sam Janesch/The Caucus
February 16, 2021 | 8:07 AM

Toward Racial Justice speakers look to possibilities for police and policy reform in 2021

“Policing took center stage for everyone in 2020,” Moderator Charles Ellison said, despite the ongoing, deadly pandemic, after police killed George Floyd in Minneapolis.

By Alanna Elder/WITF
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