Amanda Fries for Spotlight PA

Upper Bern Township has struggled for years to make a developer fix construction deficiencies of a warehouse now planned for an ICE detention center, records obtained by Spotlight PA show. Now that the federal government has bought the building, no one can say if the problems will be addressed.

On Nov. 4, you may be asked to consider candidates who want to be in charge of collecting taxes or auditing local finances. Here’s what you need to know.

Albright College slashed operational costs, eliminated half of its full-time staff, and sold unused assets.

Last fall, Kutztown University won a NASA grant connecting students with professionals. Just months later the grant is gone amid Trump administration cuts.

Research paid for by the county found serious shortcomings in care and services, but leaders say other needs, including more juvenile detention beds, take precedence.

Albright College in Reading is the latest smaller college in Pennsylvania facing financial headwinds.

A new report from the Pennsylvania Economy League recommends that Mount Penn adopt a home rule charter, among other recommendations.

After last year’s flood, community divisions complicate long-term solutions for the Antietam School District.

An extremist takeover of the Oley Valley school board in 2021 has led to resignations, lawsuits, and rising community tensions.

A decade after its first attempt to combine with its neighbor, Mount Penn Borough in Berks County wants to try again to fix its finances and mend past disagreements.