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Pennsylvania election officials – in a bid to avoid controversy in November – are telling voters ahead of time not to expect the results of the high-stakes presidential race to be ready by Election ...

Syringes, alcohol swabs, and other supplies sit on a table in Western Pennsylvania. This story first appeared in The Investigator, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA featuring the best investigative ...

Pennsylvania is set to transform early reading education. From the 2027-28 school year, all schools must adopt evidence-based reading curricula. This initiative focuses on structured literacy, ...

To an outsider, it would have looked like just another vote. The Pennsylvania House Gaming Oversight Committee met on the afternoon of June 26 to weigh a single proposal, SB 840, which would cut the ...

A federal fund dedicated to providing affordable phone and internet services will continue as planned after the US Supreme Court denied a challenge brought by an advocacy group. Conservative education ...

With 5 million packages stolen this year alone, learn how to protect your deliveries and hear from one local mom about the ...

For the fifth year in a row, a Pa. kid is aiming to collect 1,000 pajamas to donate them to patients at St. Christopher's ...

A clean drug kit is seen inside F.A.V.O.R, a recovery center in Bolivar, Pa., on Nov. 7, 2023. About a year ago, Spotlight PA and WESA started looking into a conflicting part of Pennsylvania's opioid ...