Spotlight PA

Counties rejected just 0.57% of mail ballots due to voter errors, such as a missing signature, during the 2024 election. That number was even lower in “curing” counties.

Getting paid time off to care for a kid or recover from illness depends on where one lives and works in Pennsylvania. Lawmakers want to change that.

Gov. Josh Shapiro is expected to reuse ideas from his first two years in office that have yet to win enough support in the legislature.

Patrick Cicero’s resignation echoes the early years of the consumer advocate’s office, in which its first leader clashed with utilities and warned the office must remain independent.

Punxsutawney is one of many “world capitals” located in Pennsylvania, including the purported global hubs for cheesesteaks, murals, mushrooms, snack foods, and more.

As deteriorating infrastructure plagues Rock Spring Water Company, its lawyers have asked a county judge to order a municipal takeover. But the Pa. utility commission argues only its regulators have jurisdiction.

The rules prevent a health system from pushing dismissed doctors out of town and keeping patients in the dark, but critics say it's still too narrow.

State House Democrats have a vacancy after a member’s death, and leaders won’t say whether they’ll stop floor votes while they wait to restore their numerical majority.

Penn State’s commonwealth campuses enroll a more racially diverse group of people, a greater percentage of Pennsylvania residents, and more first-generation college students, than its flagship at University Park.

Led by book collector and paper conservationist Sibylla Shekerdjiska-Benatova, A Book a Day has distributed over 13,000 children’s books in the past decade.