Katie Meyer | WHYY
WHYY Political ReporterKatie Meyer is WHYY’s political reporter. She covers politics, policy, power, and elections at every level of government, with the goal of showing how it all affects people’s lives.
Before coming to Philadelphia, she covered state politics as Harrisburg bureau chief for WITF, and hosted the station’s politics podcast. She got her start in public radio in the Bronx, at Fordham University station WFUV. She’s from upstate New York.
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(Harrisburg) -- Democratic state lawmakers are criticizing the Trump Administration over its proposed plan to restrict Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
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(Harrisburg) -- The state House swore in its first-ever Muslim woman on Monday.Movita Johnson-Harrell won her Philadelphia seat in a special election…
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(Harrisburg) -- Spend much time at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, and you might get a feeling that tradition rules the place.Families tend their animals…
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(Harrisburg) -- Pennsylvania’s House and Senate swore in their newly-elected members on New Year’s Day and are now gearing up to start a two-year…
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When a new legislative session starts in January, embattled lieutenant governor Mike Stack, who lost the Democratic primary, is exiting the…
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Former state Attorney General Kathleen Kane is likely headed to jail soon.More than two years ago, Kane was convicted of leaking secret grand jury…
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The anti-Semitic gunman who allegedly killed 11 and wounded six others in Pittsburgh this weekend is facing 29 federal charges.22 of them carry a…
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The Rosenthal brothers' wooden coffins sat at the front of the temple as their family remembered the social, thoughtful men who were deeply involved in their congregation.
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With under a month until the general election, Democratic Governor Tom Wolf and his Republican challenger Scott Wagner appear to be locked in an uneven…
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If you hunt hard enough around Harrisburg, it is possible to find lawmakers who are on board with allocating state money for the public defense of the…