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What time do polls open and close Tuesday in Pa.? All the information you need for primary Election Day 2025.

by Elizabeth Estrada of Spotlight PA

Pennsylvanians will head to the polls today to vote in judicial and municipal races. Here’s everything you need to know.

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Top Pa. lawmakers took $119K in gifts, trips, and more from those seeking to influence them in 2024

by Stephen Caruso and Katie Meyer of Spotlight PA

That includes trips to Israel funded by the charity arm of AIPAC and to Taiwan funded by the government.

Supporters of legalizing cannabis for adult-use rally outside the state Capitol in Harrisburg on June 27, 2023.

Bill to sell legal marijuana through state stores rejected by GOP-led panel

by Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA

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Free museums abound in Pa. Find the one for you with this guide.

by Asha Prihar of Spotlight PA

These Pennsylvania museums boast exhibits centered on shoes, arthropods, Renaissance art, and more — all for free. Start planning your next day trip.

Hidden talents of Pennsylvania lawmakers: a New Yorker writer, an MMA fighter, and alligator rescues

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania lawmakers have hobbies too, and sometimes surprising hidden talents.

Meet a Mayor: The ‘star’ at the edge of Allegheny National Forest

by Asha Prihar of Spotlight PA

Kane Mayor Brandy Schimp says rural areas can get a bad reputation as boring or “barren land,” but it’s “really quite opposite.”

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Rare birth of a new city in Pennsylvania inches closer as voters pick a whole new council

by Min Xian of Spotlight PA State College

A new City of DuBois will come into existence next January resulting from a consolidation. Voters get to pick a whole new city council ahead of its creation.

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Penn State trustees’ private talks on campus closures are ‘exact type’ of discussions that should happen in public, expert says

by Wyatt Massey of Spotlight PA State College

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