(The Center Square) - In Pennsylvania, state officials, including the governor, much of his administration and the legislature, receive automatic annual cost-of-living adjustments to their salaries. This year, it will bump Gov. Josh Shapiro up to the highest paid governor in the nation, ...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: 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. Sign up for our free newsletters.) PERRY TOWNSHIP — Pennsylvania’s piecemeal ...

It’s 6 a.m. on a Monday morning and Marty and Wendy McCormick are awake and preparing to make the trip to Williamsport from the Nippenose Valley to start setting up for the day’s baking at the Rise Up Village Bakery. By 7:30 they have everything ready for their crew to arrive so the ...

Trainees for Rise Up Village Bakery come through various agencies such adult probation, parole, both state and county, also with transitional living centers, where people coming out of state prison often stay when they first get out here and other agencies. “I always like to have trainees ...

It was in the summer when now-81-year-old Deborah Dunlap’s roof of her mobile home near Linden started to leak. Water was seeping in, causing mold formation and deterioration of the structure. “This was getting bad,” Dunlap said. “I tried everywhere to get help,” she said. Every ...

SPRING MILLS — On Saturday, Dec. 13, the historic Egg Hill Church hosted its first Homecoming Christmas concert/service. Organized by Rodney Brungart, the Penns Valley Men’s Chorus sang traditional carols to a total of 64 in attendance. Pastor Dwight Freed delivered a relevant Christmas ...