Charlotte Keith of Spotlight PA
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How Pennsylvania Homeowners Can Apply for Mortgage and Utility Assistance
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The Pennsylvania Homeowner Assistance Fund can help people who fell behind on mortgage and utility bills because of the pandemic — but be prepared for a monthslong wait.
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Thousands of Pa. Homeowners Feel Stuck in a High-Stakes Game of Telephone with Their Homes, Vital Utilities on the Line
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Backlogs and bottlenecks have dragged out wait times for a $350 million Pennsylvania mortgage relief program.
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Pa. Election 2022: Where Governor Candidates Mastriano, Shapiro Stand on the Gas Tax, Business Regulations and Property Taxes
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There’s not much that Pennsylvania’s next governor can do to directly tackle inflation or its underlying causes, but he can help blunt the impact that rising prices has on residents.
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How to Apply for a Pennsylvania Property Tax Rebate or Rent Rebate
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Learn how to take advantage of Pennsylvania’s property tax rebate and rent rebate program, and a special one-time bonus approved this year.
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Thousands of Older Pennsylvanians at Risk of Losing Property Tax Rebates Because of Legislative Inaction
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State lawmakers approved a one-time bonus to this year’s rebates but repeatedly failed to address a deeper problem: the program’s steady decline.
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New Maps Will Help Decide Where up to $1 Billion in Federal Money Goes for Pa. Broadband Expansion
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State and local officials are racing to make their own maps of broadband gaps in Pennsylvania, a process that will help dictate which areas in the state get priority access to funding.
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A Fight over Public Records Could Threaten Novel Approach to Broadband in Rural Pennsylvania
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Officials in the Southern Alleghenies created a nonprofit to avoid a state law that makes it hard for local governments to build their own broadband networks. Now it faces an existential test.
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Pennsylvania’s Definition of Broadband Hasn’t Changed in Nearly 20 Years
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Pa. lawmakers passed up a chance to increase the speeds that qualify as broadband despite warnings that they would soon become obsolete.
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An Obscure State Law Could Blunt the Impact of Up to $1 Billion in Federal Funding for Pennsylvania’s Broadband Expansion
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Federal officials want the money to benefit publicly-owned networks, but Pa. law gives phone companies a “virtual veto.”