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11/13/2025

Lancaster County’s 17 school districts will receive an extra $21.8 million from the state’s $50.1 billion 2025-26 budget, including an estimated $4.2 million in cyber charter reform savings, after state legislators approved the budget Wednesday.

Much of the increase in funding to schools this year comes from a second installment of the adequacy and tax equity payments needed to fix Pennsylvania’s school funding system.

Lancaster County’s 17 school districts will receive an extra $21.8 million from the state’s $50.1 billion 2025-26 budget, including an estimat […]

11/13/2025

Gov. Josh Shapiro and Democratic leaders are considering a budget deal that would pull Pennsylvania out of an interstate program that charges power plant operators for releasing carbon into the atmosphere, according to a source with knowledge of discussions.

Lawmakers involved in talks to end the four-month budget impasse have been quiet about what is on and off the table, and the exact details of a plan that would formally end the state’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) aren’t known.

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11/12/2025

Here are this week's Dauphin County restaurant inspections.

For a full listing of this week’s Dauphin County restaurant inspections, click here.The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, us […]

11/12/2025

For Duane Romberger, organizing Lancaster Seminary’s first celebration of gay, le***an, bisexual and transgender students was meant to solve a practical problem.

As a divinity student, he needed to be supported by a local church in order to get his degree. But none of the churches in central Pennsylvania were officially open and affirming to LGBTQ+ people.

“The struggle and challenge was, if none of them are officially open to me, how do I even stay here until the second year,” Romberger said Sunday following a gathering marking the seminary’s 25th anniversary of publicly supporting LGBTQ+ students.

For Duane Romberger, organizing Lancaster Seminary’s first celebration of gay, le***an, bisexual and transgender students was meant to solve a p […]

11/12/2025

Pennsylvania’s top legislative leaders have sent their members a $50.1 billion budget deal after weeks of negotiations between themselves and Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro.

If adopted by the state House and Senate, the deal would end the state’s four-month budget impasse. The chambers are expected to vote on Wednesday.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s top legislative leaders have sent their members a $50.1 billion budget deal after weeks of negotiations between th […]

11/11/2025

Here are this week's York County restaurant inspections.

For a full listing of this week’s York County restaurant inspections, click here.The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses […]

11/11/2025

The Nov. 4 election saw three Democratic state Supreme Court justices easily retain their seats, virtually ensuring the party’s majority for at least another few years.

That could be significant for a lot of major cases pending before the court, on issues ranging from abortion to elections to criminal justice. The state Supreme Court often has the final say on major policy decisions that affect virtually every Pennsylvanian.

This story first appeared in The Investigator, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA featuring the best investigative and accountability journalism […]

11/11/2025

On the 41st day of a record-long government shutdown, the U.S. Senate voted 60 to 40 to approve a continuing resolution to reopen the government. The measure would fund much of the government through Jan. 30 and provide funding for some agencies through the end of next September.

But the shutdown will not end right away. The U.S. House of Representatives must also pass the legislation, which is not guaranteed, before President Donald Trump can sign it into law.

On the 41st day of a record-long government shutdown, the U.S. Senate voted 60 to 40 to approve a continuing resolution to reopen the government.

11/11/2025

Here are this week's Lebanon County restaurant inspections.

For a full listing of this week’s Lebanon County restaurant inspections, click here.The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, us […]

11/10/2025

Every day of the Pennsylvania Farm Show starts off with a Pennsylvanian (or a group of them) singing “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Those who want to vie for an opportunity to sing the national anthem can do so by uploading a video of them singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” to YouTube, a ca****la, and then submitting that link to [email protected]. Submissions are accepted through Monday, Nov. 24.

11/09/2025

The true impact of Tuesday’s election for Democrats remains a matter of debate.

Tuesday was a big day for Democrats.The party flipped control of the school boards and municipal boards in Manheim and East Hempfield townships, t […]

11/08/2025

Nine months after voting to organize a union, journalists at LNP | LancasterOnline and public radio partner WITF in Harrisburg ratified their first contract Friday with nonprofit owner Pennon.

Editor’s note: This story was reported and edited by independent journalists commissioned by LNP | LancasterOnline. To avoid a conflict of inter […]