
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. House passes GOP budget bill — despite united opposition from Dems
Pennsylvania’s House has passed a Republican budget proposal that includes no new taxes and makes deep, across-the-board cuts to Go ...
8 years ago
Pa. Corrections launching study on mentally ill inmates in county jails
Pennsylvania is embarking on a long-term plan to reduce the numbers of mentally ill inmates in county prisons. The the state Depar ...
8 years ago
Pa. House GOP fast-tracking austere budget proposal
In an unexpected move, House Republicans have introduced their own budget bill for the upcoming fiscal year. The $31.5 billion pla ...
8 years ago
Wolf administration clashes with lawmakers, advocates over mandatory minimums
A substantial part of the state legislature wants to reinstate laws that let prosecutors push for harsh, mandatory minimum prison sentenc ...
8 years ago
Turzai run for Pa. governor looks likely
Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial election is still well over a year away. But, already, Republicans are announcing intentions to contes ...
8 years ago
More funding proposed for understaffed Pa. unemployment compensation program
For months, funding for Pennsylvania’s unemployment compensation program has been one of the most contentious issues in Harrisburg. ...
8 years ago
Pa. Senate ed committee moves bill to make raising property taxes harder
School property taxes are a perennial issue in Harrisburg. And while attempts to curtail or get rid of them entirely routinely fizzl ...
8 years ago
Pa. Senate hearing yields little information on agency mergers
The Wolf administration is gearing up to launch one of the most ambitious parts of its proposed 2017-18 budget — consolidating four of ...
8 years ago
Pa. police ID bill may be in store for rare veto override
In November, Republicans added even more members to their already-dominant numbers in Pennsylvania’s House and Senate. Since ...
8 years ago
Congressman Dent advises GOP colleagues to ditch rhetoric
One of Washington’s most moderate Republicans, Pennsylvania Congressman Charlie Dent, has spent several weeks trying to urge ...
8 years ago
Pa. gubernatorial hopeful speaks for natural gas advocates in Harrisburg
More than a dozen county commissioners from Pennsylvania’s northern tier are working to organize around an issue that directly affe ...
8 years ago
No verdict after first day of jury deliberation in Spanier case
After over six hours of discussion and several questions to the judge, the jury in former Penn State President Graham Spanier’s child e ...
8 years ago