Spotlight PA
Spotlight PA is dedicated to producing nonpartisan investigative journalism about Pennsylvania government and urgent statewide issues. It is an independent watchdog unafraid to dig deep, fight for the truth and take on the powerful to expose wrongdoing and spur meaningful reform.
Spotlight PA connects Pennsylvanians to their state, and to each other, through public service journalism that matters to their lives and is creatively told in the many modern, digital ways they consume their news.
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These Pennsylvania museums boast exhibits centered on shoes, arthropods, Renaissance art, and more — all for free. Start planning your next day trip. -
A new City of DuBois will come into existence next January resulting from a consolidation. Voters get to pick a whole new city council ahead of its creation.
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Transparency advocates are questioning the Penn State Board of Trustees’ use of closed-door meetings for discussion of potential campus closures that would affect thousands of employees and students. -
On May 20, Pennsylvanians will cast their votes in municipal races, and for judges on Commonwealth and Superior Courts. -
A leading GOP supporter of legal marijuana said the proposal would shut out the private sector and create logistical challenges. -
Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi has proposed closing the DuBois, Fayette, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre, and York campuses. University trustees still need to vote on the plan. -
Private equity firms have a record of cutting services at health providers and leaving them with debt or gaps in care. Patients can face higher costs, and communities can lose hospitals. -
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. -
Pennsylvania lawmakers have hobbies too, and sometimes surprising hidden talents. -
The Shapiro administration says the funding increase would help modernize and strengthen Pennsylvania’s agriculture industry.
