
Katie Meyer
@katieemeyer4Katie Meyer is a government editor/reporter for Spotlight PA.
Previously, she was WHYY’s political reporter and covered state politics as Harrisburg bureau chief for WITF. She lives in South Philly.
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Pa. Senate Democrats still without computers
Days after a ransomware attack took the Pennsylvania Senate Democrats’ computers hostage, the caucus still can’t access its s ...
8 years ago
Pa. lawmakers confront State Police funding quandary
Every year, a hefty portion of the budget for Pennsylvania’s State Police comes from a fund that’s supposed go toward roads a ...
8 years ago
Tough budget year, says Pa. education chief
Pennsylvania House members kicked off their third and final week of budget hearings with an all-day Q&A session with education offici ...
8 years ago
Malware attack locks Pa. Senate Dems out of computers
Pennsylvania’s entire Senate Democratic Caucus was locked out of its computer system Friday. An automatic alert went out acr ...
8 years ago
Philosophical differences color discussions on Pa. DOC budget
The Department of Corrections and the Board of Probation and Parole are two of the Pennsylvania entities near the center of the Wolf admi ...
8 years ago
Pa. needs to gin up negotiatons on liquor, lawmakers say
Pennsylvania has long been notorious for its state-run liquor stores and old-fashioned restrictions on selling alcoholic beverages. ...
8 years ago
Pa. lawmakers still looking for unemployment compensation mismanagement
About 500 people lost their jobs in December after state Senate Republicans decided not to extend a four-year, $178 million funding strea ...
8 years ago
Pa. AG Shapiro talks anti-Semitism with Trump, calls president’s comments unclear
After a rash of anti-Semitic vandalism and threats over the last week in Pennsylvania and around the country, President Donald Trump met ...
8 years ago
First GOP challenger enters Pa. U.S. Senate race
A Republican state lawmaker has jumped into Pennsylvania’s 2018 U.S. Senate race. Rep. Rick Saccone of Allegheny County held ...
8 years ago
Pennsylvania may urge state workers to retire early to cut cost
Part of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to deal with a multibillion-dollar structural deficit is to shrink the state’s employee wor ...
8 years ago
Pennsylvania’s public universities say they need more state funding
Pennsylvania’s public college and university system has hit tough financial times thanks to more-or-less flat state funding, rising pen ...
8 years ago
Pennsylvania lawmakers balk at higher municipal police fees
The Pennsylvania State Police are facing a shortage of funding and shrinking ranks as a slew of troopers come up on retirement age. ...
8 years ago