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| Today: Opioid spending, precanvassing vote, Kelly's cut, trouble with the merge, Methodist policy, Tyson pollution, and Earthquaker State. |
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Counties across Pennsylvania are spending tens of millions of dollars in opioid settlement money, and records obtained by Spotlight PA and WESA offer the most comprehensive view yet of how they're doing it.
More than a thousand pages of records obtained by the outlets show the money has gone toward supporting rural jails, child protective services, treatment programs, coroner offices, and in Chester County's case, an effort to curb underage drinking.
“My thought was just, ‘Why?’” Jordan Scott of the Pennsylvania Harm Reduction Network said of Chester County's Project Sticker Shock plan. The plan entails spending $1,800 of the county’s much larger settlement share on stickers warning people it’s illegal to provide alcohol to minors.
The state’s billion-dollar opioid windfall has brought much-needed funding to a state where thousands are still dying each year from drug overdoses. It’s also brought conflict over the best way to use the money.
Read the full report: Records obtained by Spotlight PA and WESA reveal how Pa. counties used tens of millions in opioid settlement dollars. |
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NOTABLE / QUOTABLE
“I don’t care who anyone supported in the campaign ... I hope more and more people around the commonwealth, the country, and the world get a chance to eat these darn good rolls as a result of this expansion.”
—Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro who 'broke bread' this week with Martin’s Potato Rolls, one of the biggest supporters of his 2022 opponent |
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| White lilacs in bloom in Adams County, via Cheryl R. Send us your photos by email, use #PAGems on Instagram, or tag us @spotlightpennsylvania. |
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  POWER SOURCE: U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R., Pa.) mocked President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and then used the law to receive a $315,000 grant to install solar panels at one of his car dealerships, Erie Times-News (paywall) reports. Kelly's office sought to distance him from the business' day-to-day operations.
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PRIDE PIVOT: This year's Pittsburgh Pride is moving again after the "unexpected" denial of access to Point State Park, WTAE reports.
QUAKER STATE: New month, new earthquake. After two in April, Pennsylvanians again felt a small tremor Wednesday, per FOX29.
SECRET SODA: A Pennsylvania court says French mineral water Perrier is actually soda and can be taxed as such, via NY Post.
BABY NAMES: Suggestion boxes are going up around Punxsutawney to find names for Punxsutawney Phil's famous progeny, per The Spirit.
EMAIL ALERT: If you have student debt from an Art Institute in Pennsylvania, be sure to check your email, WPXI reports. |
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Unscramble and send your answer to scrambler@spotlightpa.org. We'll shout out winners here, and one each week will get some Spotlight PA swag. Answers submitted by 5:30 p.m. on issue date will be counted. S K H F E M T A I
Yesterday's answer: Analytical
Congrats to our daily winners: Jody A., Eric F., Don H., Ada M., Daniel M., Wendy A., Jon W., Susan N.-Z., Beth H., Kimberly D., Becky C., Elaine C., David T., Barbara F., Robin S., Craig E., Richard A., Jen R., Beth T., Stacy S., Mary D., Jane R., Janet S., Marc G., Alan B., William Z., Malachy M., Tish M., Jaime Z., Amelia M., Cynthia B., Stanley J., Jeffrey F., Joel S., George C., and Dan A.
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