1+ hour, 52+ min ago  (521+ words) This week's Community Spotlight honoree is Gina Fiore, 23, who is employed as a paralegal at Legal Aid of Southeastern PA. She also volunteers as an English as a second language teacher at the Mother Veronica Resource Center, a Reading-based educational…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (362+ words) STATE COLLEGE " The state's highest court has denied Penn State's request to overturn a ruling that will give Spotlight PA and the public access to long-sought trustee documents. Penn State was also ordered to unredact portions of a 2022 document given…...

4+ day, 20+ min ago  (723+ words) WASHINGTON " The Education Department said Monday it has terminated agreements with five school districts and a college aimed at upholding protections for transgender students, backing away from requirements negotiated by previous administrations that took a different interpretation of civil rights....

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (650+ words) Support Spotlight PA before midnight tonight and get your gift DOUBLED. Don't miss this match " hurry a gift now " This week's Community Spotlight honoree is Stella Belinski, 17, a junior at Governor Mifflin High School who volunteers in a variety of…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (627+ words) Katelyn Valesky likes to joke she was destined to become a firefighter. "My mom was actually pregnant with me when she went into a multi-alarm apartment fire, so we always joke that I got a taste of smoke before I…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (838+ words) HARRISBURG " A stipend aimed at getting more student teachers into Pennsylvania schools and easing the commonwealth's educator shortage is working, education advocates and experts say. But demand for the $30 million program is outstripping available funds. In his latest budget proposal,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1570+ words) Early childhood educators and student teachers would benefit from Gov. Josh Shapiro's latest budget pitch, which aims to expand existing grant and stipend programs. Left out of his proposal was a wage increase for 200, 000 workers who assist older and disabled…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (727+ words) Just a few months after state funding was restored to child care centers across the commonwealth following a lengthy budget impasse, leaders worry they could lose federal funding. Many of these documents are already required to be reported to the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (467+ words) Our TRIPLE match expires at 11: 59 p. m. tomorrow. Hurry a gift now to support independent, unbiased reporting & get 3 X. The Penn State Board of Trustees spent more time discussing university business in its public meetings in 2025 than in any of the five previous…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (629+ words) Penn State revoked at least two trustees" access to an online file-sharing platform central to an ongoing court case between Spotlight PA and the university, creating a two-tiered system for sharing information with members of its governing body and potentially…...