Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA
Kate Huangpu is a reporter with Spotlight PA.
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Eviction filings can follow renters for decades and make it harder to find housing, even if a judge never upheld them. Shapiro wants to see lawmakers seal those records. -
The governor’s latest budget pitch would send an additional $290 million to the state’s public transit agencies, invest more in a new student-teacher stipend, and more. -
A legalization bill needs to win majority support from an 11-person state Senate committee. Just 3 members are publicly on board. -
Getting paid time off to care for a kid or recover from illness depends on where one lives and works in Pennsylvania. Lawmakers want to change that. -
Gov. Josh Shapiro is expected to reuse ideas from his first two years in office that have yet to win enough support in the legislature. -
State House Democrats have a vacancy after a member’s death, and leaders won’t say whether they’ll stop floor votes while they wait to restore their numerical majority. -
Lawmakers are resuming their debate over legalizing recreational marijuana. To do it, they have to navigate industry interests, meet restorative justice goals, and more. -
Pennsylvania’s governor wants federal regulators to force the state’s power grid to lower prices before a projected cost spike this summer. -
Groups associated with billionaire Jeff Yass, the Democratic Party, and those that don’t reveal their donors spent nearly $40M on critical races. -
Clean energy laws passed under the Biden administration are slated to route billions of dollars to Pa. Experts say Trump likely can’t repeal them, but he could weaken them.
