Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA
Kate Huangpu is a reporter with Spotlight PA.
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Balancing the desire to get recreational cannabis off the ground quickly, while giving small business a chance in the market, is Harrisburg’s toughest task. -
The bills come amid a national effort, led by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, to overhaul food policy. Critics question whether the proposals would improve safety. -
A leading GOP supporter of legal marijuana said the proposal would shut out the private sector and create logistical challenges. -
Extra money offered this Pa. school district a lifeline. Whether more is coming is an open question.Scranton School District’s new state funding helped it compete with the cyber charters that are burdening its budget, bring back extracurriculars, and invest in STEM. -
Costly cyber charter tuition is consuming tens of millions of new state dollars for poor Pa. schoolsWhen underfunded Pa. school districts got extra money last year, dozens put it toward charter school burdens that one district called "ridiculous." -
Spooked by Alabama ‘embryonic personhood’ ruling, Pa. lawmakers aim to expand and protect IVF accessTwo bills in the Pennsylvania legislature target insurance costs for infertility treatments. Another would make access to such services a protected right. -
Pennsylvania poll workers help to make voting run smoothly on Election Day. Here’s how you can serve as one. -
A bill would require direct care workers to pass a competency exam rather than have a diploma or GED. Advocates argue a more direct solution to the staffing shortfall would be to increase wages. -
Pennsylvania only allows its biggest cities and a handful of other municipalities to use red light cameras. They still face challenges getting off the ground. -
Pennsylvania has supercharged the number of abandoned wells it plugs thanks to federal money, but the future of that work is unclear as lawsuits play out.
