Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA

Stuck Between High Fees and Low Wages, How Much Money Will It Take to Fix PA’s Child Care Staffing Crisis?

Local NewsGov. Josh Shapiro has proposed increasing taxpayer money for child care, but advocates say the ultimate cost needs to be far higher.

Records Reveal How Pa. Counties Used Millions in Opioid Settlement Dollars

Local NewsCounties are waiting to hear if an oversight board will publicly approve their strategies.

How Spotlight PA Is Tracking More Than $100M in Opioid Settlement Money in Pa.

Local NewsSpotlight PA and WESA are requesting opioid settlement spending reports from all 67 counties in Pennsylvania to provide transparency into the process.

Oversight Board Will Secretly Review How Pa. Counties Spent Millions of Dollars to Fight Opioid Crisis

Health NewsCounties must report how they spent tens of millions of dollars they received in the first rounds of opioid settlement payments.

A Bill to Legalize Syringe Services in Pa. Just Passed a Historic Hurdle, but GOP Opposition Remains

Health NewsThe CDC says new users of syringe services programs are more likely to enter drug treatment. But providers in most of Pennsylvania risk arrest.

DOJ Settlement Will Bring New Protections for People with Opioid Use Disorder in Pa. Courts

Health NewsUnder the settlement, officials overseeing Pa.’s court system will encourage all county courts to adopt an anti-discrimination policy for opioid use disorder medications.