Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative and public service journalism that has the power to respond and drive positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Late last year, Pennsylvania’s top law enforcement agency revealed that taxpayers would pick up the tab for more than $1 … Read more
The entire town of South Bristol, Middlesex and Italy and parts of the towns of Bristol and Naples have been placed in an oak quarantine district. The state Department of Environmental Conservation has found oak trees infected with wilt on public and private property in these quarantine areas. State officials say the disease is destructive … Read more
In a quiet bend in the South River, where feathery reeds crowd the shore and the mud smells slightly sour when the sea rolls in, a 110-foot yacht sits moored in a narrow creek. Its body is rusty in places. The deck sags. Graffiti and vines climb their ramparts. Small trees began to grow in … Read more
As the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement nationwide, a wave of high-profile arrests — many taking place at private homes and businesses and captured on video — has thrust a legal question into the center of the national debate: When can federal immigration agents legally enter private property to make an arrest? That question … Read more