Berks County

FILE - A view of issues that are important to the Berks community. (Spotlight PA)

Get a sneak peek inside Spotlight PA’s plans for a new Berks County bureau

Spotlight PA Staff

A view of issues that are important to the Berks community.

FILE - A woman in Berks County puts up a Post It note listing issues critical to her community as part of a yearlong Spotlight PA study. (Susan L. Angstadt / For Spotlight PA)

Spotlight PA plans to launch Berks County bureau after residents say local governments need more scrutiny

Spotlight PA Staff

Groundbreaking study of county finds nearly three-quarters of participants rate access to local news as “extremely important”

Berks County, with the city of Reading, Pa. at its heart, has become a statewide leader in civil asset forfeiture.

Crime and Law Enforcement

Cash Grab: As Asset Forfeiture Quietly Expands Across Pa., Abuses Follow

Berks County narcotics detectives were ready to pounce.From a distance, they spied Jose Veloz and Ambioris Cruz sitting in a 2005 Nissan Murano on a leafy…

Politics and Government

A new municipality in Antietam Valley?

Kate Lao Shaffner

Pennsylvania has more local governments than any other state except Texas and Illinois. There are some downsides to this, including the inefficiency and…