Gov. Josh Shapiro is expected to reuse ideas from his first two years in office that have yet to win enough support in the PA legislature.| Spotlight PA
The Pennsylvania legislature gave the state’s poorest schools an extra $500 million last year to close the “adequacy gap.”| Spotlight PA
Pennsylvania's new budget gives extra help to 50 school districts with high local taxes, aiming to address funding inequities.| Spotlight PA
Pennsylvania lawmakers have approved a budget deal that boosts education funding by more than $1B.| Spotlight PA
Fixing Pennsylvania’s unconstitutional public school funding system will cost $6.2 billion, lawmakers were told this week.| Spotlight PA
The Pa. state House will likely stay deadlocked until next month — which means voters won’t see constitutional amendments on the May ballot.| Spotlight PA
Pa. House lawmakers can be punished for alleged sexual misconduct against chamber employees, but current rules leave many people, including administration officials and lobbyists, unprotected.| Spotlight PA
The rules put much of the power in the hands of the majority party, which Democrats and good-government groups said effectively stifles the voices of many Pennsylvanians.| Spotlight PA
Heat waves and a surge in prices from PJM, the region’s electrical grid, will push bills higher for Pennsylvania residents this summer.| Spotlight PA
Newly released investigations point to Secret Service failures to secure the 2024 Butler, PA campaign rally.| Spotlight PA
Many key details of the $20B plan, like the full impact on electricity supply and the amount of tax revenue PA will forfeit, are still unknown.| Spotlight PA
How Spotlight PA used community conversations, a survey, and data tools to elevate public voices in Pennsylvania’s opioid settlement rollout.| Spotlight PA
Election experts, as well as the PA Department of State, agree the increase is linked to turnover and loss of experience at local voting offices.| Spotlight PA
Pennsylvania lawmakers are at odds over legal weed, transit, and education funding as the June 30 budget deadline approaches.| Spotlight PA
Pennsylvania Republicans push back on Gov. Shapiro’s school funding plan, questioning the “adequacy gap” formula.| Spotlight PA
Major goals for both Democrats and Republicans fell by the wayside in Pennsylvania’s new $47.6 billion budget.| Spotlight PA
The woman, who works for one of Pennsylvania’s most prominent unions, said a state House lawmaker harassed her but she couldn’t file a complaint.| Spotlight PA
Democrat Mike Zabel said he was “mindful of and saddened” by allegations of sexual harassment.| Spotlight PA
Andi Perez, a lobbyist for Service Employees International Union 32BJ, said she shared her story to urge changes to Pennsylvania House ethics rules.| Spotlight PA
PA lawmakers’ last-minute rush of criminal justice bills include a probation overhaul and Clean Slate expansion.| Spotlight PA
Sunshine Week: Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law can help reveal information that state and local governments want to keep secret| Spotlight PA
A group of Republican lawmakers — some of whom voted for the law — now say no-excuse mail voting requires a change to the Pennsylvania Constitution.| Spotlight PA
The analysis is the latest salvo in a yearslong battle to address inequities in the state’s public school system, one that could intensify as a case moves toward trial.| Spotlight PA
Republican lawmakers are likely to use the constitutional amendment process to take the issue to the voters.| Spotlight PA
Skill games operate in a legal limbo in Pennsylvania. Lawmakers’ effort to regulate them may be stalled, which could affect budget negotiations.| Spotlight PA
Gov. Josh Shapiro wants Pennsylvania to legalize and tax marijuana to help pay for new investments in education and more.| Spotlight PA
Transit systems across Pennsylvania are warning of service cuts, but lawmakers may not agree on solutions.| Spotlight PA
The trust, which oversees upwards of $1 billion in opioid settlement money coming to Pennsylvania, also claims it’s exempt from the public records law.| Spotlight PA
The attorney general’s office has said Pennsylvania is ‘set to receive more than $2.2 billion.’ Here’s how to follow the money.| Spotlight PA
PA’s new budget includes less transit funding than Democrats wanted, tax cuts, permitting reform, and changes to the higher education system.| Spotlight PA
Gov. Josh Shapiro is set to give his budget address, kicking off a debate over how PA should pay for additional investments in education.| Spotlight PA
The report, a response to a landmark court ruling on public school funding in Pennsylvania, pitches a major funding increase for poor districts.| Spotlight PA
A judge says Pennsylvania's school funding system so badly underfunds poor districts that it violates the state constitution.| Spotlight PA
Some lawmakers hope that the legislature will finally reach a consensus on how to update Pennsylvania’s charter school law.| Spotlight PA
Gov. Josh Shapiro, meanwhile, wants to combine state-run universities and community colleges into one system with cheaper tuition for many students.| Spotlight PA