Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA
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To help pay for the new spending, Shapiro again called on lawmakers to tax and regulate slot-like skill games and legalize recreational marijuana. -
In this election year — in which both parties will be trying to flip a legislative chamber — lawmakers could face pressure to finish a budget deal earlier than in the past. -
State Rep. Seth Grove says his early resignation has nothing to do with the growing backlash to his new job. -
Pennsylvania’s first major effort to tackle vaping suffers from loopholes, insufficient funding for enforcement, and limited public health backing. -
Battleground districts range from south-central Pennsylvania farm country to western rust belt towns to burgeoning suburbs outside major cities. -
Supporters of the three justices — all elected as Democrats — outspent opponents by millions. -
The change will save hundreds of millions of dollars, the Shapiro administration estimates. -
The videos raise questions about whether they constituted lobbying, and if Barstool Sports and its stars had the needed state registration to do such advocacy work. -
Pennsylvania’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a key climate change program, has been tied up in litigation for years. -
The talks are occurring as Pennsylvania’s budget approaches four months late, and counties and nonprofits increasingly sound the alarm about the impasse.
