Spotlight PA

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.

Though a win for taxpayers, the information provided online is not searchable or easy to analyze.

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.

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.

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.

It will apply to Pennsylvania’s public and private K-12 schools, as well as early learning and child-care facilities, starting Sept. 7.

Spotlight PA held a free panel with health experts about what you need to know going into the fall. Here are the takeaways.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Few school districts are requiring masks inside classrooms, something the Democratic governor said it needed to ensure safety.

Spotlight PA cut through the noise to revisit how this effort came about, what we know about it thus far, and what it might look like in the future.