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Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — In the wake of a hazardous train derailment less than a mile from the Ohio border, Pennsylvania lawmakers are ....
CROGHAN — Elected officials, company spokespeople, library team members, local residents and a bevy of happy children gathered at the Croghan Free Library on Monday for the official launch of ....
Wallace partnered with the state Department of Environmental Protection, the EPA and its contractors to collect 15 soil samples from farms across the region for more testing. ....
CANTON — The seven counties in the north country region are expected to declare a state of emergency today because of the chronic lack of staffed hospital beds in the ....
. The payments, known as “per diems,” have long been criticized as an unnecessary largesse for the country’s largest full-time legislature, which pays the third-highest salaries for state lawmakers in the country. A Spotlight PA analysis of legislative records found lawmakers requested and received $726,877 from the beginning of March as the pandemic emerged through the end of 2020 as reimbursement for lodging and meals while traveling to and from the Capitol or other meetings across the state. Rep. Mark Longietti, D-Mercer County, pocketed the most per-diem money at $24,115, followed by Rep. Chris Sainato, D-Lawrence County. Southwestern Pennsylvania lawmakers requested and received about $145,000 combined. Here’s a rundown of who got how much: ....