
Covering the Pa. Capitol -- and the special interests trying to influence policy -- for @SpotlightPA. Mom. Dog mom. Grumpy Greek. There are no dumb questions.
Harrisburg, PA
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Angela Couloumbis retweeted
In honor of legendary journalist John Baer, the Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents Association has renamed its summer journalism internship program.
It's now the John Baer Legislative Reporting Internship, where student journalists get to work for 12 weeks every summer in the Capitol alongside the professional reporting corps that covers it daily.
It's a paid internship, supported by donations and volunteerism.
You can support future interns in honor of John, who spent many years helping to fundraise for the program one former intern called "an experience you can brag about, and I certainly have."
Here is where you can donate:
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Remembering a Capitol legend …
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"PA law does little to impede the close relationship between lawmaking and lobbying. Lawmakers only have to wait a year before they can lobby the chamber or office where they once served."
Good read in @SpotlightPA by @Jaxon__White and @StephenJ_Caruso:
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An unconventional hire....for unconventional times?
Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro hires a paid-by-the-hour former federal immigration officer to deal with Trump admin:
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Suplizio pleads guilty to money laundering, federal program theft in corruption case • Spotlight PA spotlightpa.org/statecollege…
“As Democratic voters nationwide get to know him in the months and years ahead, it’s worth understanding not just where he has succeeded as governor but also where he has arguably fallen short.”
With @StephenJ_Caruso for @washingtonsun and @SpotlightPA
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From my hardworking colleagues at @SpotlightPA: @StephenJ_Caruso and @Jaxon__White:
"The budget does not change the state’s fiscal reality — that it spends more money than it brings in. It also does not include any new revenue-generating policy changes."
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Gov. Josh Shapiro's office has long dodged questions about an Inspector General's report into Pa's oversight of abuse and neglect investigations involving older adults.
Turns out, the gov got the report more than two years ago -- and has kept it secret.
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That 2018 report exposed problems with the quality of older adult abuse and neglect investigations, and resulted in legislative hearings and changes at the Dept. of Aging.
Seismic court decision is out on skill games: Skill games are gambling devices: PA Supreme Court • Spotlight PA spotlightpa.org/news/2026/06…
In case you missed the latest development in whether public dollars should be used to pay for security upgrades to Gov. Shapiro's private home, via @SpotlightPA:
spotlightpa.org/news/2026/06…
Update: In a letter to legislative leaders, Pa. State Police take blame for the breakdown in timely communicating that 20 lawmakers were targets of politically violent online threats, w/@Jaxon__White for @SpotlightPA:
spotlightpa.org/news/2026/05…
Updated story on the threats of violence against 20 PA lawmakers — and the apparent communication breakdown by law enforcement to notify them about a man being arrested in the case, w/@Jaxon__White:
spotlightpa.org/news/2026/05…
Breaking: Man arrested for making ‘politically violent’ threats to Pa. lawmakers online, State Police say, via @SpotlightPA:
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PA justice leaves Dems, calls party ‘anti-Jewish” • Spotlight PA spotlightpa.org/news/2026/05…
Angela Couloumbis retweeted
HARRISBURG, Pa. (@AP) _ Pennsylvania has sued an artificial intelligence chatbot maker, saying its chatbots illegally hold themselves out as doctors and are deceiving the system's users into thinking they are getting medical advice from a licensed professional.
AI chatbots illegally posed as doctors, alleges PA lawsuit • Spotlight PA spotlightpa.org/news/2026/05…
The security upgrades at Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro's privately-owned home fuel push for more oversight and accountability. Read our latest here:
spotlightpa.org/news/2026/04…
Pa.'s Treasurer to Gov. Josh Shapiro: We don't have legal authority to pay the $1M bills for security upgrades to your personal home.
Read the latest in the dispute here: spotlightpa.org/news/2026/04…


