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Gov. Josh Shapiro during a 2025 visit to Falls Township in Bucks County, where an Amazon data center campus is being built.

Data centers are ‘redefining’ midterm races across Pennsylvania

by Jaxon White of Spotlight PA

Candidates in at least 20 competitive legislative races are staking out data center positions, and Gov. Josh Shapiro has pivoted to a tougher stance.

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A Pa. mom's fight reveals the messy reality of treating overdoses like homicides

by Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA

Some Pennsylvania lawmakers want to give prosecutors more time to bring charges against people who supply drugs in fatal overdoses.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at a June 2023 news conference after the reopening of part of I-95.

Josh Shapiro built national fame on getting things done, but his full record is complex

by Stephen Caruso and Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA

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The Pace-O-Matic payout machine in the West View VFW on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026.

Skill games' roots in Pa. trace to allegedly arranged Beaver County raid

by Sean D. Hamill of NewsWorks Lab

The raid had been pre-planned to test the game’s legality in Pennsylvania, according to court documents and multiple sources.

TECfusion's data center in Springdale Township, Pennsylvania.

Data center developers are pushing Pa. government officials to sign secrecy agreements. At least some are saying yes.

by Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA

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Why Pennsylvanians care so dang much about regional names, borders

by Asha Prihar of Spotlight PA

Regional identities shape how Pennsylvanians relate to each other, what they call areas of the state, and where they decide to put down roots, PA Local found in interviews with residents.

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Attorney General Dave Sunday announces the results of a criminal case involving former Penn State University students, in State College, PA on August 17, 2026.

Penn State cocaine trafficking ring involved 2 fraternities, authorities say

by Josh Kelety of the Associated Press

The cocaine was packaged mainly at the Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon fraternity houses off-campus and distributed primarily to Penn State students, the AG says.

The sign for GEO Group’s Moshannon Valley Processing Center.

ICE considering buying immigrant detention facilities, other options to maintain capacity in Pa.

by Melissa Pérez-Carrillo of Spotlight PA State College

Berks County Bureau

Two women, one leaning on a walker, stand in a hall near two elevators. One elevator with an out of order sign on the door has four barriers in front of it.

As elevator repairs drag on, older residents of subsidized Berks County apartment building endure outages, injury

by Gabriela Martínez of Spotlight PA

Despite pressure from township, state and county officials, one elevator remains out of service more than a year after the state sealed it.

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¿Qué protecciones tienen los inquilinos de Pensilvania más allá de las leyes locales?

by Gabriela Martínez de Spotlight PA

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