Spotlight PA
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Financial Pain for Many Pa. Service Providers Will Continue After Budget Impasse Ends
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Pennsylvania has made $40 million on frozen cash during the budget impasse. But it won’t pass on interest to service providers once that funding is released.
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How Shapiro Wants to Reshape the Region’s Power Grid Operator as Prices Rise
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Gov. Josh Shapiro thinks Pennsylvania’s electric grid operator, PJM, moves too slowly. He wants states to have more control.
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Pa. Election 2025: Everything College Students Need to Know About Voting
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When it comes to voting, college students in Pennsylvania have multiple options. Here’s what you need to know ahead of the Nov. 4 election.
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Great PA News Quiz: Gov. Shapiro Has Been Elected to His 1st Foreign Policy Role. What Is It?
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In this week’s news quiz: bipartisan praise for Josh Shapiro from another state, demolition plans for a big mall near Pittsburgh and a new addition at Pennsylvania state parks.
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Pennsylvania’s Budget Impasse Hits 100 Days, and a New Proposal Seems Unlikely to End It
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State House Democrats passed a $50.3 billion plan, while GOP leaders again emphasized spending concerns.
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Thousands of Pa. College Students Wait for Key Financial Aid Due to State Budget Impasse
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Last year’s aid was also delayed, due to federal data glitches and a botched software rollout.
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Clearfield County Will Make $1M in 5-Year Contracts With ICE, Moshannon Detention Center Operator
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Clearfield County will make $1 million over five years to act as the middleman between ICE and GEO Group, which operates the largest immigration detention facility in Pennsylvania.
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Great PA News Quiz: Federal Government Shutdown, ICE Moves Abrego Garcia and a Grocer Eyes Pa.
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In this week’s news quiz: U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans identifies his preferred successor, Fogel at a fair and county sheriff elections.
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Being Suspected of Child Abuse Can Land You in This Pa. Database—Even Without a Conviction
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Pennsylvania maintains a registry of people convicted and suspected of child abuse and neglect to protect kids. But people get added to the database without a chance to defend themselves.
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Pa. Election 2025: How to Serve as a Poll Worker on Nov. 4
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Pennsylvania poll workers help to make voting run smoothly on Election Day. Here’s how you can serve as one.