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- At stake this fall in Pa. gov. election: Doug Mastriano (R) has said he would ban abortion at 6 wks, no exceptions for rape, incest, or life of the parent. Josh Shapiro (D) has said he would maintain current law (legal to 24 wks, after if life or health of parent is in danger.)
- NEW: Democrats sweep special elections, affirming first Pa. House majority in 12 years, via @StephenJ_Caruso
- NEW: Democrat Matt Wolf beats Republican Megan Martin to win a seat on Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court. More from @StephenJ_Caruso:
- Pa. election officials are burnt out and leaving their jobs after 2020 ‘nightmare,' via @MarieAlbiges and @tommylisi for @SpotlightPA and @VotebeatUS
- BREAKING: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf to order statewide shutdown over coronavirus
- NEW: Democrat Daniel McCaffery beats Republican Carolyn Carluccio to win open seat on Pennsylvania Supreme Court. More from @KateHuangpu13
- BREAKING: Pennsylvania House picks Democratic lawmaker as new speaker with small but crucial GOP support
- Pa. Democrats want to know why they weren’t told when a GOP lawmaker tested positive for coronavirus, via @AngelasInk and @JuliaTerruso
- BREAKING: In major shift, Pa. panel votes to count incarcerated people in home districts, not state prisons, for purposes of redrawing state House and Senate districts, via @sarahanne_news
- Spotlight PA is proud to announce we will join @Report4America as a host newsroom in 2022! We’re hiring a rural affairs reporter to identify and elevate stories from under-covered regions of Central Pennsylvania and the Northern Tier.
- NEW: A waiver allowing Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s former cabinet supply company to stay open during his coronavirus shutdown has been rescinded after we and @PaPostNews asked how it qualified as “life-sustaining.”
- NEW: Pennsylvania House Democrats have again won a special election that helps preserve their majority, this time in suburban Philadelphia, via @StephenJ_Caruso
- Pennsylvania mandates masks for anyone who leaves their home amid coronavirus increases, via @CynthFernandez
