PA Headlines | May 1 | Survey results: What Pennsylvanians say is the greatest threat to public health.

Researchers have been polling Pennsylvanians for 14 years on their feelings about public health issues facing the commonwealth. This year’s survey from Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion and the Muhlenberg College Public Health program documented a record number of respondents dissatisf…

PA Headlines | April 30 | Two bills, two rationales behind a possible end to the death penalty.

Pennsylvania lawmakers are advancing legislation to end the death penalty. Advocates say the movement comes as public support for the death penalty has declined, with one poll showing it’s dropped from 42 percent to 29 percent during the past decade. The two bills’ prime sponsors offer different ra…

PA Headlines | April 29 | Democrats Stelson and Douglas vie to take on Rep. Scott Perry.

Democrats are trying to find a candidate who can beat incumbent Republican Scott Perry in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional race The primary race is between centrist Janelle Stelson and progressive Justin Douglas. Some Pennsylvania lawmakers say, as immigrant students’ rights have come under attac…

PA Headlines | April 28 | Gov. Shapiro proposes meals for Medicaid recipients.

The Shapiro administration is proposing that Pennsylvania pass new funding to provide meals for Medicaid recipients with diabetes and other diseases. Providing nutritious meals that are tailored to a person’s specific medical needs can improve health care outcomes, research shows. But the meals are…

PA Headlines | April 27 | How Pa. fares in the 2026 State of the Air Report.

The American Lung Association is out with their 2026 State of the Air Report, and more than half of Pennsylvania's counties have some form of air pollution. 37 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties received less-than-perfect grades for either ozone or particle pollution - and that includes 9 counties in ou…

PA Headlines | April 24 | The PA Turnpike, driving toward a goal to be America’s first sustainable highway.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike is preparing to activate a solar microgrid to provide power for a data center at its regional office and State Police barracks in New Stanton. A transit system in Northeast Pennsylvania is investing in a multi-million-dollar expansion project. It’s known as the Pocono Pon…

PA Headlines | April 23 | Advocates call for double the funding to rape crisis centers in Pa.

Advocates for the state’s 47 rape crisis centers say the state must double its funding for their services next year, or some survivors may go without support. State officials are highlighting a grant program to recruit and retain childcare workers across the Commonwealth. The Department of Human S…

PA Headlines | April 22 | Lawmakers consider bill to keep $ flowing past future impasses.

In six of the last ten years, Pennsylvania lawmakers have missed their June 30 deadline to deliver a state budget. New legislation is aimed at ensuring state funding can still get out, even when lawmakers blow their deadline. Pennsylvania’s decades-old ban on using Medicaid to cover an abortion is…

PA Headlines | April 21 | New protections for Pennsylvanians with disabilities, autism.

Pennsylvania is introducing new privacy protections for people with disabilities, including those with autism. Governor Josh Shapiro announced the changes last week in a series of executive orders. The Pennsylvania auditor general says the state’s so-called motor-voter system is working as intende…

PA Headlines | April 20 | Two more Bhutanese refugees living in Central Pa. are detained and facing deportation.

Two Bhutanese refugees living in central Pennsylvania are detained and facing deportation. It’s the latest in a series of cases where the Trump administration is deporting the refugees back to a country that simply kicks them out again. Getting mail-in ballots ready for counting is a time-consumin…