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WEBSpotlight PA investigation spurs call for more oversight of who can be a medical marijuana doctor. by Ed Mahon. A proposal could clarify eligibility for physicians, and it’s intended “to protect the health and safety of the patients” in Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana program, two lawmakers say. PA Local.
50 PA school districts will get $32M to ease property tax burden ...
WEBAug 14, 2024 · HARRISBURG — Fifty Pennsylvania school districts with serious property tax burdens will receive an extra $32 million as part of a sweeping effort to overhaul education funding in this year’s budget. The supplements, which range from $50,000 to $5 million, target districts with high local taxes compared to the wealth of their residents.
Are Democrats Losing Pennsylvania? See Latest Voter Registration …
WEBMay 7, 2024 · HARRISBURG — For the first time in at least 16 years, the Democratic and Republican parties in Pennsylvania are within half a million registered voters of one another. Since 2008, Democrats’ registration edge over Republicans has steadily shrunk — from a 12% advantage in April 2008 to about a 4% advantage in April 2024, according to a ...
Pa. Election Day 2022: A complete guide to the May 17 primary ...
WEBApr 29, 2022 · Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters.. HARRISBURG — More than a few things have changed since Pennsylvanians last went to the polls. Your congressional and legislative districts might be different, some ...
Pa. redistricting maps: Search now to see your old and new …
WEBMar 16, 2022 · The U.S. Supreme Court in March declined a request to block the map’s usage for this year’s primary election. In a separate process, a redistricting panel in February approved final state House and Senate maps that could fundamentally reshape the legislature. The boundaries survived nine legal …
Pa. COVID guide: Updates on cases, vaccines, and tests - Spotlight …
WEBThe CDC has determined eligibility for vaccines and boosters to be the following: Primary series doses: Anyone 6 months of age and older. Original (monovalent) booster: Anyone ages 5 to 11. Updated (bivalent) boosters: Anyone age 12 and older. (See the CDC website for specific guidance on updated boosters.) The CDC provides resources on how to ...
A basic guide to vetting candidates for U.S. Senate, governor, and …
WEBSep 21, 2022 · HARRISBURG — All eyes will be on Pennsylvania this November election as a number of contentious races on the ballot will determine the state’s political future. In the race for governor, voters will pick between Democrat Josh Shapiro, the state’s attorney general; Republican Doug Mastriano, a state senator; and a handful of third-party ...
Experts say Pa.’s 2021 primary was typical, but GOP lawmakers are ...
WEBMay 19, 2021 · HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s primary this week hardly resembled the election of six months ago, when local officials were furiously counting millions of mail ballots while handling record-breaking turnout with the nation’s eyes on the state. By all accounts, Tuesday was just another typical off-year, relatively drama-free election, which ...
About Spotlight PA, a nonprofit newsroom
WEBSpotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom dedicated to high-quality investigative and public-service journalism about the Pennsylvania state government and urgent statewide issues. We were founded as a bold, collaborative answer to the rapid and significant decline of corporate-owned, for-profit media in our state ...
See how the final Pennsylvania state House map scores in every …
WEBFeb 7, 2022 · The final House plan has an average level of compactness, scoring better than the current map on two commonly used metrics, the Polsby–Popper test and the Reock scale. Scored on a scale from 0 to 1, where 1 equals maximum compactness, the final plan hits 0.35 on the Polsby-Popper scale and 0.42 on the Reock scale.