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Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal includes $10 million for a Pennsylvania fund that assists financially distressed local governments.

Voters in Lancaster County will also choose a replacement for Sen. Ryan Aument, who resigned last year.

Representative Paul Takac hosted the first of five community forums Friday, Mar. 21, 2025, to discuss the impact the closure would have on residents and their families.

Thursday morning at a legislative breakfast at the Toftrees Golf Resort in State College, lawmakers representing parts of central Pennsylvania participated in a Q&A panel.

The Board of Pardons meets in public but does not publish records of its commutation votes. Spotlight PA is making that data available for the first time.

Two decades after the NBC sitcom’s pilot, fans are still making pilgrimages to the city where it was set.

Pennsylvania has supercharged the number of abandoned wells it plugs thanks to federal money, but the future of that work is unclear as lawsuits play out.

Six Bhutanese green card holders living in central Pennsylvania were arrested in the first two weeks of March, according to local refugee community leaders and elected officials. Reasons for arrests are unknown

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections announced the public hearing dates for the proposed closures of SCI Rockview and the Quehanna Boot Camp.

U.S. Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson, who represents Pennsylvania’s 15th District, is reacting to President Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Department of Education.