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Rep. Jason Dawkins (center) speaks at a new conference urging the PA Senate to raise the minimum wage.

Democrats make final push to raise minimum wage in this year’s Pa. budget

by Ethan Young of Spotlight PA

Democrats want to raise Pennsylvania’s hourly minimum wage to $15, which Republican leaders say is too high.

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An illustration of a room exposed by a missing roof, inspired by a real-life case in Allegheny County.

Elder abuse agencies reject cases experts say they should investigate as state scales back oversight

by Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA

State aging officials reviewed every no-need designation to ensure older adults weren’t being left at risk of harm before the Shapiro admin curtailed the practice.

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Workers in Penn State Health operating rooms raised alarms about safety, sterilization

by Wyatt Massey for Spotlight PA

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Gov. Josh Shapiro

Shapiro wants to use incentives to push data centers to behave better. His own party wants to be more aggressive.

by Ethan Young for Spotlight PA

House Democrats had to cut a deal to convince their members not to rewrite the governor’s data center proposal.

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Why lawmakers may need to tap Pa.’s rainy day reserves to balance this year's budget

by Stephen Caruso and Jaxon White of Spotlight PA

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Does this Pa. utility offer North America’s best-tasting tap water? They’re headed to DC to compete.

by Asha Prihar of Spotlight PA

Next week, the Chester Water Authority will compete against other award-winning providers from around the continent to see who offers the best taste.

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The sign for the GEO Group Moshannon Valley Processing Center, immigration detention facility in Clearfield County.

ICE detainee punished for speaking to press about poor conditions at Moshannon, lawyer says

by Melissa Pérez-Carrillo of Spotlight PA State College

Edin Daniel Chinchilla-Roque has allegedly been placed in a higher level of surveillance at the Clearfield County detention center.

The Moshannon Valley Processing Center is run by the Geo Group, whose boom in ICE contracts contributed to profits of more than $250 million last year.

Rural emergency care is struggling to keep up with ICE detention demand

by Jackie Llanos of NOTUS

Berks County Bureau

3501 Mountain Road warehouse owned by the federal government in Upper Bern Township on May 18, 2026

Berks County officials await answers from Trump admin on ICE warehouse’s future

by Amanda Fries of Spotlight PA

Federal officials plan to unload two Pennsylvania warehouses bought for $207 million as ICE detention sites, but state and local leaders say they’ve heard nothing directly from DHS.

A person holds up a sign in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA, and Temporary Protected Status programs during a rally at the White House, Sept. 5, 2017.

Trump admin can end deportation protections for 1000s of immigrants, Supreme Court rules

by Jackie Llanos of NOTUS

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