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Federal data show a 2,326% increase in fentanyl pill seizures

Doctors, experts see a similar trend

May 22, 2024 Pennsylvania News

Inmate wins medical release order hours after being rushed to hospital, put on life support

HARRISBURG — An ailing prison inmate serving a life sentence in Pennsylvania for killing a man during a 1975 robbery won a medical release order from a judge Monday, alth...

May 21, 2024 National News

Butler County not immune from tornado risk

Western Pennsylvania may be far outside of America’s Tornado Alley, but so far this season, the region has experienced an unusually high string of twisters. On Saturday, ...

May 20, 2024 Local News

Education funding boost, tax cuts on table as Pa. budget talks begin

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives po...

May 20, 2024 Spotlight PA

A Pa. state prisoner has Gov. Josh Shapiro’s support in compassionate release case

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives pos...

May 18, 2024 Spotlight PA

Shoplifting has retailers putting more items behind antitheft glass but it’s driving customers away

When Bryan Calhoun goes on a Target run, he avoids the store in Wynnewood, Pa., just a few miles away from his home in Broomall, a western suburb of Philadelphia. He opts...

May 17, 2024 Pennsylvania News

Pennsylvania school district’s decision to cut song from student concert raises concerns

ROARING SPRING, Pa. — A Pennsylvania school district's decision to remove a song from a recent student choral concert has divided the community and spurred a review by a ...

May 17, 2024 Pennsylvania News

Lawsuit, records requests signal ACLU effort to target ‘notice and cure’ policies for mail ballots with errors

This article is made possible through Spotlight PA’s collaboration with Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting. Sign ...

May 17, 2024 Spotlight PA

Tick season is underway in Pennsylvania — here’s how not to get bit

As spring and summer activities draw more people outdoors, ticks have more opportunities to create problems. “Tick season” in Pennsylvania generally lasts from April to O...

May 17, 2024 Health

Philadelphia still the 6th-biggest U.S. city, but San Antonio catching up, census data shows

PHILADELPHIA — New federal estimates show Philadelphia remains the nation's sixth-most-populous city, despite a decline in population throughout the pandemic. But the U.S...

May 16, 2024 National News

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