Kate Huangpu

Philadelphia

Redistricting Reporter at Spotlight PA

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Key Pennsylvania senator says bipartisan energy bills on hold until contested climate program settled

2 weeks ago | abc27.com | Kate Huangpu

The legislation would rewrite an unused tax credit in an effort to boost energy production, in PA plus promote and regulate solar energy. 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.
Bipartisan energy bills on hold in Pa. pending RGGI court ruling

2 weeks ago | spotlightpa.org | Kate Huangpu

HARRISBURG — A group of bills aimed at boosting electricity production and regulating clean energy has rare, bipartisan support in Pennsylvania's divided legislature. But a key Republican leader says he doesn’t plan to consider them until a court issues a final verdict on a long-debated interstate cap-and-trade program.
Federal uncertainty complicates Pa. budget haggling over transit, education

3 weeks ago | latrobebulletinnews.com | Stephen Caruso |Kate Huangpu

HARRISBURG — Competing priorities and possible federal cuts to Medicaid are complicating negotiations as top Pennsylvania lawmakers attempt to hammer out a budget deal by the June 30 deadline. The Republicans who control the state Senate say their biggest concern is overspending. With the state facing a structural deficit, they see a need to pick priorities. kAm“(96E96C :E’D 65F42E:@?[ H96E96C :E’D EC2?D:E[ H96E96C :E’D |65:42:5[ H96E96C :E’D EC2?DA@CE2E:@?
Question dogs Pa. cannabis debate: Should big businesses have a leg up?

3 weeks ago | gettysburgtimes.com | Kate Huangpu

HARRISBURG - It wasn't simply opposition to recreational marijuana that led a GOP-led state Senate panel to roundly reject a Democratic pitch to legalize the drug earlier this month. Lawmakers balked at selling cannabis at state-run stores similar to Pennsylvania's liquor shops and shutting out existing medical dispensaries. Since that vote, there hasn't been any public movement on legalization, and it's unlikely any deal will be reached by the June 30 budget deadline.
Federal uncertainty complicates Pa. budget haggling over transit, education

3 weeks ago | dailycourier.com | Stephen Caruso |Kate Huangpu |Katie Meyer

HARRISBURG — Competing priorities and possible federal cuts to Medicaid are complicating negotiations as top Pennsylvania lawmakers attempt to hammer out a budget deal by the June 30 deadline. The Republicans who control the state Senate say their biggest concern is overspending. With the state facing a structural deficit, they see a need to pick priorities. kAm“(96E96C :EVD 65F42E:@?[ H96E96C :EVD EC2?D:E[ H96E96C :EVD |65:42:5[ H96E96C :EVD EC2?DA@CE2E:@?
Federal uncertainty complicates Pa. budget haggling over transit, education

3 weeks ago | meadvilletribune.com | Stephen Caruso |Kate Huangpu

HARRISBURG — Competing priorities and possible federal cuts to Medicaid are complicating negotiations as top Pennsylvania lawmakers attempt to hammer out a budget deal by the June 30 deadline. The Republicans who control the state Senate say their biggest concern is overspending. With the state facing a structural deficit, they see a need to pick priorities. kAm“(96E96C :E’D 65F42E:@?[ H96E96C :E’D EC2?D:E[ H96E96C :E’D |65:42:5[ H96E96C :E’D EC2?DA@CE2E:@?
Federal uncertainty complicates Pa. budget haggling over transit, education

3 weeks ago | dailyitem.com | Stephen Caruso |Kate Huangpu |Katie Meyer

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. HARRISBURG — Competing priorities and possible federal cuts to Medicaid are complicating negotiations as top Pennsylvania lawmakers attempt to hammer out a budget deal by the June 30 deadline. kAm%96 #6AF3=:42?D H9@ 4@?EC@= E96 DE2E6 $6?2E6 D2J E96:C 3:886DE 4@?46C?
One question dogs Pa. cannabis debate: Should big businesses have a leg up?

3 weeks ago | ncnewsonline.com | Kate Huangpu

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. HARRISBURG - It wasn't simply opposition to recreational marijuana that led a GOP-led state Senate panel to roundly reject a Democratic pitch to legalize the drug earlier this month.
Food dye ban, whole milk in schools part of Pa. Republicans’ MAHA push

3 weeks ago | alliednews.com | Kate Huangpu

Republican lawmakers concerned about nutrition quality in Pennsylvania schools have introduced bills that would ban food dyes and allow whole milk, changes they argue will improve student health. Similar legislation introduced in recent sessions did not advance, but one sponsor of the latest measures told Spotlight PA she thinks growing public concerns about processed food can help the bills pass. Improving child nutrition has become a GOP plank as Robert F.
Federal uncertainty complicates Pa. budget haggling over transit, education

3 weeks ago | abc27.com | Stephen Caruso |Kate Huangpu |Katie Meyer

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. HARRISBURG — Competing priorities and possible federal cuts to Medicaid are complicating negotiations as top Pennsylvania lawmakers attempt to hammer out a budget deal by the June 30 deadline.