
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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Wolf wants to set aside a billion dollars to fix toxic schools
The governor says he’s planning to include the pitch in next week’s budget address, along with several other lead and asbestos-remediation plans.
5 years ago
As Pa. senate mulls paid leave, labor groups applaud, free market interests balk
The proposal would require Pennsylvanians to pay part of their checks into an emergency fund, from which any eligible worker would be able to draw benefits.
5 years ago
Gov. Wolf dusts off $4.5 billion infrastructure plan
The governor introduced Restore PA last year, to a chilly response from Republicans. It’s one of several unsuccessful proposals he is reiterating ahead of his budget address.
5 years ago
Pa. House Speaker Turzai will not run for reelection
The Allegheny County Republican's announcement kicks off speculation about GOP leadership shuffle, and whether Democrats could win his suburban Pittsburgh seat
5 years ago
House moves to tighten Pennsylvania’s human trafficking laws
One of the bills now goes the governor for a signature, and the rest still have to pass the Senate.
5 years ago
Pa. House votes to allow agency commercial records request fees
The additional fees are intended to apply specifically to records that companies are reselling, using to market products, or making money with in some other way.
5 years ago
Pa. House may make it easier to terminate rapists’ parental rights
A bill that would change the process made it through a House committee unanimously and now goes to the full chamber for a vote.
5 years ago
Lawmakers, educators, prosecutors and more will study Pa.’s juvenile justice issues
Governor Tom Wolf says the goal is to make sure more young offenders leave the criminal system and stay out.
5 years ago
Pa. Democrats say House speaker struck failed GOP votes from the record
Speaker Mike Turzai counters that he did so because of a routine parliamentary issue.
5 years ago
Two freshman Democrats are trying to guarantee medical consent in Pa.
Studies have shown that doctors at some hospitals routinely instruct medical students to perform practice exams on unconscious patients without their permission.
5 years ago
Pa. House moves to keep people convicted of gun crimes in jail longer
The chamber narrowly passed a measure that would require judges to issue consecutive sentences for multiple crimes involving guns.
5 years ago
Wolf says despite GOP compromise, drilling bill still poses too much environmental risk
Republicans are pushing for looser regulations on conventional oil and gas drillers, who generally run small operations and work with relatively shallow wells.
5 years ago