Significant, persistent failures in the system for protecting older adults have led to devastating consequences, Spotlight PA has found. By Angela Couloumbis, Spotlight PA Photo…
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Shared-ride services provide key transportation services in rural areas. It’s a little-known potential casualty of Pennsylvania’s transit deadlock. By Stephen Caruso, Spotlight PA Photo courtesy…
By Asha Prihar, Spotlight PA Photo courtesy of Commonwealth Media Services In this week’s news quiz: a major opioid settlement deal, prison time for a…
After about 150 Pennsylvania boroughs and townships were given the authority to raise higher fire and EMS taxes, a lawmaker wants to expand that power…
Critics say the changes prioritize “short-term gain over long-term benefits” for the federal broadband program. By Charlotte Keith, Spotlight PA Photo courtesy of Amanda Berg…
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration plans to save money by cutting poor patients’ access to expensive weight-loss drugs like Ozempic. Not everyone is on board. By…
By Asha Prihar, Spotlight PA Photo courtesy of Stephen Kearse / Spotlight PA In this week’s news quiz: Democrats in Congress boycott a Philly restaurateur,…
The proposal is designed to appeal to Republican senators, and comes after PA Democrats unsuccessfully tried for years to pass a statewide $15 minimum wage.…
The legislation would rewrite an unused tax credit in an effort to boost energy production in PA, plus promote and regulate solar energy. By Kate…
At least some of its concepts have support in both chambers, but the issue has always been complicated by the commonwealth’s tricky education politics. By…
While experts and family advocates said young babies should sleep on their backs without anything in the crib, simply failing to follow the recommendations shouldn’t…
The Shapiro administration made the change as older adults continue to die in alarming numbers while under the care of the system. By Angela Couloumbis,…
Spotlight PA is asking readers like you to help them make a summer bucket list full of places (new and old) worth trekking to. By…
Balancing the desire to get recreational cannabis off the ground quickly, while giving small business a chance in the market, is Harrisburg’s toughest task. By…
By Asha Prihar, Spotlight PA Photo courtesy of Amanda Berg / For Spotlight PA In this week’s news quiz: The city where Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators…
New legislation aims to restrict private equity’s influence in hospital mergers, excluding nonprofits, after pressure from industry lobby. By Stephen Caruso and Katie Meyer, Spotlight…