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A Pennsylvania State Police vehicle.

A plan to stop diverting road dollars to Pa. State Police could be a final piece of this year’s budget

Pennsylvania gives millions of dollars meant for road and bridge repairs to the State Police each year. Lawmakers are weighing how to end those transfers.

by Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA

Shapiro’s proposed Pa. State Police fund saves road dollars but raises accountability concerns
Pa. budget impasse nears end as Gov. Josh Shapiro signs main spending bill

New Investigation

An illustration of the Nittany Lion sleeping on top of Old Main.

Fear, distrust, and an ethics office in chaos erode Penn State’s post-Sandusky reforms

by Wyatt Massey of Spotlight PA State College and Josh Moyer of the Centre Daily Times

State College bureau

A woman is turned toward a window crying next to a laptop with a “State” sticker.

Have you reported misconduct at Penn State? We want to hear from you.

by Wyatt Massey of Spotlight PA State College

Editor’s Pick

People gather in Harrisburg to honor lives lost to addiction during the 2nd annual Overdose Awareness and Memorial Day.

WATCH: A panel on how Pa. wants to spend its $1B opioid settlement

by Spotlight PA Staff

INVESTIGATION

Rachel Bridgeman spent 49 days in Allegheny County Jail waiting for treatment at a state hospital because a court found her incompetent to stand trial.

Determining if someone is mentally fit for trial in Pa. often traps them in the place making them worse — jail

by Danielle Ohl of Spotlight PA and Brittany Hailer of The Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism

Editor’s Pick

Residents in Sullivan County won’t be able to get grant money from the new Whole-Home Repairs Program.

Demand is set to swamp Pa.'s Whole-Home Repairs Program as some rural counties are left out

by Charlotte Keith of Spotlight PA