Spotlight PA
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Great PA News Quiz: How Closely Were You Watching This Week’s Election Results?
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In this week’s news quiz: Election winners and losers, a museum director gets fired and Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are in the running to host the same international sporting event.
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System for Determining if Someone Is Mentally Fit for Trial in Pa. Is in Crisis, New Report Finds
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The study found the mentally ill are swept up by low-level criminal offenses and kept in state hospitals too long, confirming a past Spotlight PA report.
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Democrats Stella Tsai, Brandon Neuman Win Open Seats on Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth and Superior Courts
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Pennsylvania’s intermediate Commonwealth and Superior appellate courts play critical roles in the state’s justice system.
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Pa. Election Results: All 3 Democratic Supreme Court Justices Win Retention Races
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Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht survived an expensive election.
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How Pennsylvania Voters Reacted to Big National Spending on Judicial Retention
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Parties and interest groups spent millions promoting their judicial retention priorities. Did they break through?
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Pa. Election 2025: What You Need to Know About Your Election Day Voting Rights
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Voting in Pennsylvania? Here’s everything you need to know about your rights.
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All the Major Players in Pa.’s Budget Impasse Met in Person This Week. Will a Deal Follow?
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The talks are occurring as Pennsylvania’s budget approaches four months late, and counties and nonprofits increasingly sound the alarm about the impasse.
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Pennsylvania Criminal Case Highlights Problems With Third-Party Voter Registration Drives
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Election officials say third-party voter registration drives can result in canvassers submitting incomplete or invalid registrations.
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Why Tracking Spending in This Year’s Critical Pa. Supreme Court Retention Races Is So Difficult
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Blame it on a mix of lagging reporting, weakly enforced rules and a campaign finance system that requires little transparency.
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Republican Voters Drive Increase in Mail Ballot Requests in Pennsylvania
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The uptick could be a sign that this year’s judicial retention races are stirring interest in the 2025 election.