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News Quiz

The interior of the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg.

Great PA News Quiz: Medicaid cuts, new state agency, and very Philly jobs

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Test your knowledge of the week in news, from new reports on Pennsylvania Medicaid enrollment to a troubling discovery in Montgomery County.

Broadband equipment installed on a tower in Bedford County.

Great PA News Quiz: Election day conflict, troubled waters, and broadband blitz

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Test your knowledge of the week in news, from new reports on polluted streams to profiles of new lawmakers.

The exterior of the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg.

Great PA News Quiz: COVID-19 hospitalizations, falling unemployment, and Fetterman’s stache

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Test your knowledge of the week in news, from rising COVID-19 hospitalization and Pennsylvania’s falling unemployment rate.

The interior of Lynnewood Hall in Montgomery County.

Great PA News Quiz: House explosion, Senate hopeful’s residence, and local Little Leaguers

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Test your knowledge of the week in news, from a house explosion in western Pennsylvania to the team representing the state in the Little League World Series.

Gov. Josh Shapiro signs into law an expansion of Pennsylvania’s property tax and rent rebate program.

Great PA News Quiz: Property tax rebates, gender pay gap, and a pet alligator

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Test your knowledge of the week in news, from an expanded property tax rebate program to a State Police body camera program.

The view from Reservoir Park in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Great PA News Quiz: Trump indictment mentions, fake electors, and opioid money for cops

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Test your knowledge of the week in news, from the Pennsylvania mentions in former President Donald Trump’s latest indictment to the sectors harmed by the ongoing budget impasse.

A plant growing at York Fresh Food Farm.

Great PA News Quiz: School funding appeal, public pensions, and a really big sandwich

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Test your knowledge of the week in news, from a landmark school funding lawsuit to the "world's largest bologna sandwich.”

PA Gov. Josh Shapiro, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, other officials, and first responders survey Bucks County flooding damage.

Great PA News Quiz: Another Jan. 6 conviction and the end of legacy admissions

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Test your knowledge of the week in news, from the conviction of a Pennsylvania woman for her role in the U.S. Capitol siege to the resignation of another state House Democrat.

Broad Street Market in Harrisburg was severely damaged by fire in July 2023.

Great PA News Quiz: University funding blocked and a historic Pa. market burns

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Test your knowledge of the week in news, from the consequences of the ongoing budget impasse to public support for legal cannabis.

The Pennsylvania House floor inside the Capitol building in Harrisburg.

Great PA News Quiz: Budget impasse and a local sci-fi legend

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Test your knowledge of the week in news, from legislative efforts to pass a budget to U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle’s favorite cartoon reptile.

An empty hallway in Clearfield Elementary School.

Great PA News Quiz: School voucher fight, pandemic dollars, and the many keys to Pittsburgh

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Test your knowledge of the week in news, from legislative battles over private school vouchers to a key Senate committee vote.

The 1906 beaux arts state capitol building in Harrisburg on Feb. 21, 2023.

Great PA News Quiz: State budget battles, record-low unemployment, and the return of I-95

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Test your knowledge of the week in news, from lingering budget divides to the race to reopen Interstate 95 in Philadelphia.

The sun sets behind City Hall and the Philadelphia skyline Dec. 3, 2021, photographed on southbound Interstate I-95, just north of Center City.

Great PA News Quiz: I-95 disaster, budget fights, wage hike, and a political Hall of Famer

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

A Philadelphia highway disaster, budget sticking points, and mounting hopes for a state minimum wage hike were all in the news this week.

Robert Turner cleans the Moravian tiled floor after hours in the rotunda of the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg.

Great PA News Quiz: Opioid money, teacher shortage, and Womens Veterans Day

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

A Pennsylvania opioid trust meeting in private, the cost of a school funding lawsuit, and the state’s first Womens Veterans Day.

A hazy Philadelphia skyline is photographed on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022.

Great PA News Quiz: Debt ceiling dealbreaker, Shapiro’s secret schedule, and fire in the sky

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

In this week’s installment: police data, caucus rejection, off the Trump train, fire in the sky, mysterious money, and more.

Quadrice Quarles, back left, 11 years old, Kayla Melvin, front left, 9 years old, and .Quadir Staton, front right, 10 years old,.Swim in a pool, in North Philadelphia, July 16, 2019.

Great PA News Quiz: Unclaimed billions, gun laws, official tweets, and the unofficial start of summer

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

A banner along Spring Garden Street reminds Philadelphia citizens it is Election Day on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.

Great PA News Quiz: Big primary wins, election week cyberattack, and a pivotal House special

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Test yourself: Big 2023 primary winners, election week cyberattack, and a pivotal Pennsylvania House special.

Skyline of Philadelphia during sunrise as seen on Wednesday morning December 21, 2022.

Great PA News Quiz: Oil and gas orphans, state House control, and Taylor Swift's homecoming

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Know your news? Prove it with this week’s Great PA News Quiz.

The Sixers drumline entertains guests at the inauguration of Gov. Josh Shapiro and Lt. Gov. Austin Davis on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 at Rock Lititz in Lancaster County.

Great PA News Quiz: ‘23 MVP, Star Wars pilgrims, cross-party confusion, and Shapiro’s first law

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Know your news? Prove it with this week’s Great PA News Quiz.

A rainbow-colored staircase mural.

Great PA News Quiz: ‘Landmark step toward equality,’ legal pot next door, and local media fusion

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Know your news? Prove it with this week’s Great PA News Quiz.

Pedestrians cross South Broad Street in Philadelphia during a rainy winter storm in October of 2022.

Great PA News Quiz: ‘Snow-starved’ winter, ballot blunder, and opioid settlement clashes

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Know your news? Prove it with this week’s Great PA News Quiz.

The statue of William Penn atop Philadelphia's City Hall is silhouetted by the partial solar eclipse in 2017.

Great PA News Quiz: Total eclipse, election cash, and a ‘severe’ workplace safety violator

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Know your news? Prove it with this week’s Great PA News Quiz.

Two deer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Great PA News Quiz: Gas tax money, Trump talk, and ‘the coolest thing made in Pennsylvania’

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Know your news? Prove it with this week’s Great PA News Quiz.

Isle of Que on the Susquehanna River.

Great PA News Quiz: Philly’s water woes, student newspaper cut, and fantastic photos

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

A zigzag rail fence at Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania.

Great PA News Quiz: Court candidates, mortgage relief mess, and a city manager's arrest

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Know your news? Prove it with this week’s Great PA News Quiz.

Thousands of migrating snow geese at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Lancaster County.

Great PA News Quiz: Nonprofit ‘warning shot,’ bank collapse, and ‘forever chemicals’

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Know your news? Prove it with this week’s Great PA News Quiz.

The Commandant's House at Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia.

Great PA News Quiz: A 1st for Shapiro, a 1st for the Pa. Senate, and Hershey’s goes vegan

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

An eagle at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Lancaster with migrating snow geese in the background.

The Great PA News Quiz: state House history, Penn State oversight, and a U.S. Senate sequel

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Altoona and the Tuckahoe Valley from above.

The Great PA News Quiz: Shapiro’s Super Bowl, Fetterman’s health, and state House flippers

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

Light pollution is threatening Pennsylvania's dark skies.

Put on your thinking cap for this week’s Great PA News Quiz

by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA

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