The Office of Open Records ruled in favor of Spotlight PA and ordered the health department to disclose how many patients are certified for cannabis under each of the state’s qualifying conditions.
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Expiring COVID-19 waivers could make Pa. health-care staffing shortages worse
With cases rising, health-care professionals are urging the legislature to extend the regulatory changes to maximize the number of workers in hospitals and long-term care facilities.
Pa. school mask lawsuit backed by group that challenged 2020 election results
Rudy Giuliani once described the Amistad Project as a “partner” in the Trump campaign’s legal efforts to overturn the 2020 election. But little else is known about the group or its donors.
Pa. to refund $19 million to 109,000 people it overcharged in unemployment error
The state first learned it had overcharged thousands of people unemployment interest in 2016, but didn’t disclose it until Spotlight PA asked about the problem.
For the first time, Pa. Senate gives public online access to spending records
Though a win for taxpayers, the information provided online is not searchable or easy to analyze.
The Supreme Court’s inaction on a Texas abortion ban raises the stakes for the Pa. governor’s race
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has vowed to veto any effort to curtail abortion access, but his term ends in January 2023. Republicans plan to aggressively pursue the office.
The coming crisis in dementia care and why Pa. is woefully unprepared
A lack of beds and staff, soaring costs, and action plans gone unheeded have left Pennsylvania, one of the oldest states in the nation, in a perilous position.
‘Have they locked the doors?’ Judge presses for details on Hershey charity spat with board member
With claims of millions of dollars unaccounted for at the Milton Hershey School, a judge considered Tuesday whether a board member’s lawsuit for access to financial records should go forward.
Gov. Tom Wolf to mandate masks in Pa. schools
It will apply to Pennsylvania’s public and private K-12 schools, as well as early learning and child-care facilities, starting Sept. 7.
Your questions about climbing COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania, answered
Spotlight PA held a free panel with health experts about what you need to know going into the fall. Here are the takeaways.
You’re invited! A free panel on how Pennsylvania can keep people in addiction recovery safe
A recent Spotlight PA/KHN investigation found the Pennsylvania department tasked with oversight of these providers allowed some to continue operating despite harm to patients.
Pa.’s legislative leaders wield extraordinary power, and the audit fight proves it
The state Senate’s top Republican recently stripped another lawmaker of his committee chairmanship and Capitol staff, a rare but not unprecedented move in Harrisburg.
The Pa. Senate leader resisted his pro-Trump wing for months. Now he wants a MAGA makeover.
For months, Jake Corman walked a fine line as the movement to discredit the 2020 election results won support from some of his pro-Trump colleagues. Now the Pennsylvania Republican is all in.
In major shift, Pa. panel votes to count incarcerated people in home districts, not state prisons
The move to eliminate “prison gerrymandering” will benefit communities of color when new House and Senate maps are drawn, but Republicans are questioning its legitimacy.
Wolf admin unexpectedly pulls the plug on controversial revamp of Pa. safety net program
The Department of Health did not explain why it abandoned a plan to change who administers a nutrition program for pregnant people and young children.