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Poetry Moment: 'Steel Will, 1937,' by Dr. Cherise Pollard

Marjorie Maddox

WPSU's Poetry Moment features poet Dr. Cherise Pollard and her poem 'Steel Will, 1937.'

Pennsylvania State Capital in Harrisburg.

Pennsylvania mortgage program, closed for more than a year to resolve backlog, will reopen in March, officials say

Charlotte Keith of Spotlight PA

A Spotlight PA analysis reveals the program has funds to help more than 3,000 homeowners.

Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers his budget address for the 2024-25 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in the Rotunda of the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2024.

Gov. Shapiro renews push to raise Pa.’s minimum wage: ‘It’s a shanda’

Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza

The minimum wage in Pennsylvania has remained at $7.25 an hour for the past 15 years, while Delaware and New Jersey are on track to hit $15 an hour.

The dome of the Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg

A group of Pa. lawmakers didn’t take pay during the budget impasse. A bill would force all to abstain.

Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA

A bill would make it mandatory for Pennsylvania lawmakers to forego pay during a budget impasse. At least one member says it could force votes for the wrong reason.

Dusty Shaffer riding with Kim Roush instructing

Horses of Hope in Clinton County featured on WPSU-TV's Keystone Stories

Keystone Stories

Non-Profit Horses of Hope promotes the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social well-being of those with special needs, including veterans and military personnel.

FILE—In this June 13, 2019, file photo, an investigator with the Office of the City Commissioners, demonstrates the ExpressVote XL voting machine at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. Legislation heading toward a vote in Pennsylvania would overhaul some aspects of how voters cast ballots while delivering much of the money counties need to buy voting machines ahead of next year's presidential election. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Pennsylvania agrees to start publicly reporting problems with voting machines

Marc Levy | Associated Press

A legal challenge in Pennsylvania over the viability of a particular manufacturer's voting system has ended in a new settlement that advocates say will boost accountability and transparency by requiring election officials to publicly report problems with voting machines.