Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA
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Treasurer Stacy Garrity’s Decision to Invest More Pa. Money in Israel Bonds Draws Protest, Democratic Opposition
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Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity, who is facing reelection this year, bought $20 million in Israel Bonds to show support. Her Democratic opponents question her motives.
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Transit, Education Expected to Headline Shapiro’s 2024 Pa. Budget Address
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The governor will have to get any budget plan through a Republican-controlled state Senate, a process that led to a long impasse last year.
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Relief for Abuse Survivors, Other Constitutional Amendments Halted in Pa.’s Split Legislature
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Deep partisan differences are keeping proposals with bipartisan support from voters, including one that would give survivors of childhood sexual abuse a chance to sue their abusers.
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As 2024 Election Approaches, Voting Officials Worry Pa. Isn’t Prepared for Misinformation
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Four officials share the concrete changes they say would shore up Pennsylvania’s system against frivolous fraud allegations as the 2024 election approaches.
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Where Gov. Josh Shapiro Stands on Biggest Campaign Promises Through His First Year in Office
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Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro has gotten a slow start on key goals like a minimum wage increase and corporate tax cuts. The GOP-controlled state Senate has been his biggest roadblock.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro Appeals Decisions That Struck Down Key Climate Program to Pa.’s Highest Court
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The governor has been noncommittal about keeping Pennsylvania in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, and his office said the appeal is not a pledge to do so.
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Pa. Supreme Court Election Results: Democrat Daniel McCaffery Beats Republican Carolyn Carluccio
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McCaffery, a Superior Court judge, has won a 10-year term on the state Supreme Court, one of Pennsylvania’s appellate benches.
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Pa. Court Strikes Down a Key Climate Program, but Environmentalists Expect an Appeal
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The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, is a cap-and-trade program aimed at cutting emissions. Environmentalists say Commonwealth Court’s decision to strike it down will likely be appealed.
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Pennsylvania’s Voting Law Is Filled with Obsolete Provisions, Troublesome Conflicts
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Pennsylvania’s voting law has not had a comprehensive overhaul since 1937. That’s had consequences for election officials.
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Pa.’s Election Code Is Badly Outdated. That Could Have Serious Consequences in 2024
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