A breakdown of Pennsylvania’s $50.1B FY2025-26 budget, showing how funding supports schools, healthcare, seniors, ...

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Syringes, alcohol swabs, and other supplies sit on a table in Western Pennsylvania. This story first appeared in The Investigator, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA featuring the best investigative ...

A poll worker holds voting stickers for community members Nov. 7, 2023, in Allentown, Pa. In 2020, former President Donald Trump’s campaign paid $3 million so Wisconsin would recount votes in two ...

Pennsylvania is set to transform early reading education. From the 2027-28 school year, all schools must adopt evidence-based reading curricula. This initiative focuses on structured literacy, ...

A federal fund dedicated to providing affordable phone and internet services will continue as planned after the US Supreme Court denied a challenge brought by an advocacy group. Conservative education ...

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A clean drug kit is seen inside F.A.V.O.R, a recovery center in Bolivar, Pa., on Nov. 7, 2023. About a year ago, Spotlight PA and WESA started looking into a conflicting part of Pennsylvania's opioid ...

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