A breakdown of Pennsylvania’s $50.1B FY2025-26 budget, showing how funding supports schools, healthcare, seniors, ...

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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 ...

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 ...

A poll worker holds voting stickers for community members Nov. 7, 2023, in Allentown, Pa. In 2020, former President Donald Trump’s campaign paid $3 million so Wisconsin would recount votes in two ...

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, ...

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Nearly every place has an urban legend told by locals either to scare younger folks into behaving themselves or just to pass the time. A study has found some of the most popular ones across the United ...

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 ...

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