
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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Book donors want Pa. prisons to stop paying for shipping with inmate funds
A change in Pennsylvania Department of Corrections policy means donated books must be processed at a secure center outside the prisons.
6 years ago
PennDOT: Turnpike could be headed for ‘catastrophic’ reckoning
The Turnpike Commission is behind on payments to the state amid a lawsuit over its rising tolls.
6 years ago
Corrections Dept. says it has no plans to give inmates original copies of their mail
At an annual budget hearing in Harrisburg, Corrections Secretary John Wetzel reaffirmed the policy is staying put.
6 years ago
Is 2019 the year Pa. gives LGBTQ+ people discrimination protection?
Pennsylvania's Human Relations Act grants certain groups of people extra legal protection against discrimination. One group it misses? LGBTQ+ people.
6 years ago
Pa. Corrections Department settling lawsuit over contentious legal mail policy
The DOC has confirmed it will stop photocopying inmates’ legal mail and go back to giving them original copies.
6 years ago
The trial over Pa.’s prison mail policy may be heading toward a settlement
The unprecedented security measures at the center of this trial involved giving inmates photocopies of their mail, while the prison temporarily stored the originals.
6 years ago
Is Pa.’s prison mail policy legal? It might depend (in part) on how fast guards can read
A federal trial is underway on whether Pennsylvania's policy for handling legal mail sent to prisons violates inmates' First Amendment rights.
6 years ago
Trial slated to begin today over mail policy in state prisons
Corrections maintains the retained letters are kept secure, but the ACLU argues they can't be sure the letters aren't tampered with.
6 years ago
Pennsylvania ‘fake milk’ concerns get a (minor) spotlight in D.C.
Pennsylvania's dairy industry has been struggling for several years.
6 years ago
A tax credit designed to create jobs might be losing Pa. money
According to state officials, it was one of the first credits of its kind — a measure intended to give employers incentives that neighboring states were already providing.
6 years ago
Harrisburg joins other Pa. dioceses in opening fund to compensate sex abuse victims
Survivors of sexual assault who have identified themselves to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg will be able to file claims through May 13.
6 years ago
Lots of support for legal weed at Fetterman’s first town hall stop
Fetterman asked for a show of hands from the people who supported legalization, and from those who didn't. Legalization supporters were in the clear majority.
6 years ago