Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania lawmakers have sent Gov. Josh Shapiro a $50.8 billion budget that makes ...
Why allow the melons and squash to rot in the fields, or dairy farmers be unable to milk because of “seasonal restrictions on the available non-immigrant workforce to harvest or produce the products?” That is a question U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Howard, chair of the House Agriculture ...
City Council voted for a second time to table a resolution authorizing bids for the solicitation of the sale of City Hall, although it was a narrow 4-3 vote Thursday night and it came with discussion that led to the majority wanting to revisit the revised resolution at the next council meeting. Those voting against tabling the resolution were Council President Eric Beiter, Councilman Jon Mackey and the resolution presenter, Councilman Jonah Milliken. Council President Eric Beiter assured the taxpayers that this will not linger on much longer. “What we have is a resolution to ...
From writing a sweeping Farm Bill, to listening to farmers concerns about foreign entities buying prime farm properties, a federal lawmaker stopped by Williamsport recently to go over legislation that is pending and passed into law. “We are delivering outcomes,” said U.S. Rep. Glenn ...
Muncy Creek Township supervisors have released a 71-page written decision laying out reasons why they as a board of two granted conditional use to the Lancaster County-based applicant seeking a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) of chickens to lay eggs and a solar energy facility on ...
Two law enforcement offices have responded to a video clip circulating online. In the video, a young man crossing a street near the intersection of Campbell Street and Memorial Avenue is followed by a detective, who questions why he is wearing a jacket, described by some who have seen the video as a windbreaker, and asks him to identify himself. Lycoming County District Attorney’s office confirmed in its response that the man was “briefly detained and then released.” The statement also confirmed the man provided the detective with a school identification card. The ...
