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Jul 14, 2025
‘Vehicle bills’ allow top Pennsylvania legislators to reach sensitive closed-door deals, then quickly make them law.
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Jul 10, 2025
Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering axing some exempt items or services to help balance this year’s overdue budget.
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Jun 30, 2025
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.
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Jun 27, 2025
Late budgets are common in PA. But if the deadlock stretches more than a few weeks, it could have serious consequences for schools, libraries, and more.
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Jun 24, 2025
Powerful skill games operator Pace-O-Matic says the Pa. Senate forced lobbyists to drop them as a client. Senate says they’re being ‘embarrassing.’
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Jun 2, 2025
Pennsylvania lawmakers are at odds over legal weed, transit, and education funding as the June 30 budget deadline approaches.
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May 13, 2025
A bill with bipartisan support would give the PA attorney general oversight of hospital mergers and closures. The powerful hospital lobby opposes it.
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Apr 15, 2025
When an arsonist breached Governor Josh Shapiro's Harrisburg residence on Sunday, troopers from PSP Executive Services were the first to respond.
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Mar 27, 2025
In Pennsylvania, powerful interests can pour unlimited dollars into politicians' campaign accounts with few restrictions. Here are four ways to fix that.
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Mar 24, 2025
Lobbyists say political donations can lead to access, but PA’s weak transparency laws make it nearly impossible to trace influence.
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Feb 28, 2025
Governor Shapiro used taxpayer-funded planes without public logs. Facing questions from Spotlight PA and lawmakers, he agrees to disclose future use.
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Feb 24, 2025
With control of the state's highest court at stake, Pennsylvania's judicial retention races are drawing national attention.
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Feb 3, 2025
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.
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Jan 6, 2025
The PA House and Senate held 11 special elections for reasons including death, other jobs, and more.
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Jan 3, 2025
The PA House and Senate held 11 special elections for reasons including death, other jobs, and more.
Jul 14, 2025‘Vehicle bills’ allow top Pennsylvania legislators to reach sensitive closed-door deals, then quickly make them law.