Colin Deppen | Spotlight PA
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The state’s new budget pays off $42 million in debt, but backers say a bigger policy change is needed to prepare the system for future downturns. -
A staffing shortage has left people with intellectual and developmental disabilities without essential services and their families without desperately needed help.
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Pennsylvania has revised or removed historical markers and plaques about the Confederacy amid a nationwide reckoning over how the army is remembered.
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The Wolf administration is focused on general improvements to nursing homes, including increasing the amount of direct care residents get each day.
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Experts warn Pennsylvania is headed for a profound eldercare crisis as Alzheimer's disease and dementia rates continue to climb. Statistics illustrate the cause of their concern.
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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.
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Philadelphia’s district attorney wants the state’s highest court to alter the instructions jurors hear before rendering verdicts in cases where police use deadly force.
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The Senate opening has drawn plenty of interest from Democrats looking to shore up a narrow congressional majority, and Republicans looking to limit key aspects of the Biden agenda.
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The Public School Employees’ Retirement System, or PSERS, saga is sprawling and complicated. Here’s a quick rundown of what you need to know — and why you should care.
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Similar legislation has failed to move out of Republican-controlled committees, and it's unclear if this year will be any different.
