Spotlight PA

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, is a cap-and-trade program aimed at cutting emissions. Environmentalists say Commonwealth Court’s decision to strike it down will likely be appealed.

Nearly $13 million has so far poured into the race for a single seat on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court.

How quickly Pennsylvania counties can produce election results on Nov. 7 will depend on turnout and the number of mail ballots returned.

One clause in the state’s constitution explains why Pennsylvania has a flat income tax.

New legislation would raise the income limit for inflation and create a new state earned income tax credit.

Pennsylvania’s voting law contains sections that conflict with one another, provisions that don’t address key legal precedents, and old language that doesn’t reflect how elections are run in 2023.

The Biden administration is spending billions to build hydrogen hubs. Here’s what you need to know about the two coming to PA.

Tens of thousands of people in Pennsylvania are believed to have wrongly lost their benefits since the state began “unwinding” pandemic-era protections.

The settlement, paid for using taxpayer money, came after a top aide to Shapiro was accused of sexually harassing a female subordinate.

A recent state analysis of 20 state tax credit programs found seven accomplished their legislative intent.

Opioid payments for county governments and county district attorney offices equaled about $6.50 per resident across the state last year. But there were big differences.

Federal officials accused a Pennsylvania adviser of causing public retirement funds to invest in a class of shares with higher fees. In the settlement, he did not admit or deny the allegations.

Democrats who control the state House and Republicans who control the state Senate have put forth vastly different proposals.

Lawmakers supported moving the primary date so it didn’t conflict with Passover, but state House and Senate leadership couldn’t find common ground.

The settlement included a confidentiality clause, Spotlight PA has learned, a practice that has garnered widespread scrutiny following the #MeToo movement.