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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House GOP sets up push for liquor privatization in Pa.
State House Republicans are attempting to chart a new course for liquor sales in Pennsylvania, pushing a traditionally state-run system f ...
8 years ago
One year since medical marijuana legalization, and still much to do
It’s now been a year since medical marijuana was legalized in Pennsylvania. The drug’s still not available for prescription in ...
8 years ago
Lawmakers continue to protest lack of information on agency mergers
Several House committees held the latest in a string of hearings Monday about Governor Tom Wolf’s plan to consolidate four state agenci ...
8 years ago
Pa. courts urged to discipline justices more strictly, transparently
Over the last several years, three separate scandals involving three separate judges have hit the Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court. ...
8 years ago
Pa.’s return on pension investments lower than national averages
A new Pew Research Center report shows state investors across the country are increasingly making more expensive, more volatile investmen ...
8 years ago
Facing investigation, Lt. Gov. Stack apologizes for harsh words ‘in anger or stress’ to staff
Lieutenant Governor Mike Stack has found himself under investigation by the state Inspector General’s office, after allegations he ...
8 years ago
Counties warn state cuts could mean property tax hikes in Pa.
The House GOP-led budget proposal — which passed on to the Senate last week — has drawn criticism from legislative Democrats, and Dem ...
8 years ago
Pa. study: Wolf’s wage increase would raise some revenue, sacrifice some jobs
One of the more contentious parts of Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget proposal is a bid to raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $12 an ...
8 years ago
IFO report says Wolf’s revenue estimates are ‘reasonable’
The commonwealth’s Independent Fiscal Office has released a study on whether Governor Tom Wolf’s proposed revenues for next year’s ...
8 years ago
Pa. treasurer making plans for budget impasse — just in case
State lawmakers are making progress on next year’s budget, with about three months to go before their deadline. But it’s still ...
8 years ago
Mandatory minimum bill passes Pa. House, faces tougher odds in Senate
The state House has passed a bill to keep certain drug and violent crime offenders in prison longer.The measure makes legal fixes to rein ...
8 years ago
Activists — and a former state secretary — protest Pa. agency consolidations
The centerpiece of Governor Tom Wolf’s 2017-18 budget proposal is an ambitious plan to consolidate four major state agencies: the depar ...
8 years ago