
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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Top Senate Democrat says Pa. budget probably won’t be balanced
According to Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa, he and other Democrats haven’t so far been party to many of the budget negotiations ...
8 years ago
Pennsylvania is being sued for unconstitutional gerrymandering
Mary Elizabeth Lawn is a Democrat living in Pennsylvania’s notoriously sprawling 7th congressional district. It’s a fairly sa ...
8 years ago
Pa. measure blocking regulation of plastic bags goes to Wolf
A contentious bill to prohibit municipalities from taxing or banning plastic bags has passed the legislature, and now faces a potential v ...
8 years ago
Behind closed doors, Pa. budget negotiations keep going
With a little over two weeks until the state budget is due, House and Senate Republicans have been holding closed meetings to hash out de ...
8 years ago
Pa. Dems push to get voter registration bills out of committee
A group of legislative Democrats are pushing no fewer than twelve bills on voter registration in the House and Senate. They would model e ...
8 years ago
Bill to give legislature extra regulatory power moves forward in Pa.
A bill progressing through the legislature would curtail some of the governor’s power to issue regulations. The measure is controversia ...
8 years ago
Pa. may reconsider lieutenant governor election process
Legislation being introduced in Pennsylvania’s Senate calls for changing how the state elects its lieutenant governor. It wa ...
8 years ago
Wolf signs pension overhaul into law
Governor Tom Wolf has signed a bill to restructure Pennsylvania’s heavily indebted public pension system. It’s designed to shift some ...
8 years ago
Preliminary trials to begin in Penn State hazing death
Hearings related to the hazing death of Penn State sophomore Timothy Piazza will begin Monday in Centre County Court. Piazza died ...
8 years ago
Pa. pension overhaul will become law, but the problem isn’t over
In an uncharacteristically bipartisan effort, the legislature passed a bill Thursday to significantly change the structure of its badly i ...
8 years ago
With little notice, Pa. House narrowly moves massive gambling expansion
The state House of Representatives quickly introduced and passed a sweeping new gambling bill Wednesday evening, which would significantl ...
8 years ago
Fiscal officers: Pa.’s so low on cash, it could have to borrow from outside lenders
Pennsylvania’s two top fiscal officers sent out a strongly worded letter to legislators and the governor Wednesday, warning them th ...
8 years ago