Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA
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Stuck Between High Fees and Low Wages, How Much Money Will It Take to Fix PA’s Child Care Staffing Crisis?
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Gov. Josh Shapiro has proposed increasing taxpayer money for child care, but advocates say the ultimate cost needs to be far higher.
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Records Reveal How Pa. Counties Used Millions in Opioid Settlement Dollars
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Counties are waiting to hear if an oversight board will publicly approve their strategies.
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How Spotlight PA Is Tracking More Than $100M in Opioid Settlement Money in Pa.
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Spotlight PA and WESA are requesting opioid settlement spending reports from all 67 counties in Pennsylvania to provide transparency into the process.
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Oversight Board Will Secretly Review How Pa. Counties Spent Millions of Dollars to Fight Opioid Crisis
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Counties must report how they spent tens of millions of dollars they received in the first rounds of opioid settlement payments.
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A Bill to Legalize Syringe Services in Pa. Just Passed a Historic Hurdle, but GOP Opposition Remains
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The CDC says new users of syringe services programs are more likely to enter drug treatment. But providers in most of Pennsylvania risk arrest.
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DOJ Settlement Will Bring New Protections for People with Opioid Use Disorder in Pa. Courts
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Under the settlement, officials overseeing Pa.’s court system will encourage all county courts to adopt an anti-discrimination policy for opioid use disorder medications.
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Opioid Settlement Money Is Supposed to Expand Syringe Services. A Pa. Nonprofit Just Lost $150K Because of Them
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Billions of dollars are coming to states to help them respond to the opioid epidemic, but Pennsylvania’s drug paraphernalia law is creating conflict.
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Spotlight PA Court Victory Leads to New Academic Research into Pa. Medical Marijuana Program
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In February 2023, the Pennsylvania Department of Health shared data that Spotlight PA won access to with academic researchers across the state.
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Justice Department Expands Claims Against Pa. Courts in Opioid Addiction Treatment Case
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The federal Department of Justice recently broadened its accusations that Pa. courts discriminate against people with opioid use disorder by restricting access to medications.
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Pa. Medical Marijuana Cards and Anxiety: What the Research Says
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Anxiety disorders are the leading reason doctors approve patients for a medical marijuana card in Pennsylvania. If you’re considering using cannabis for anxiety, here are some resources that could be useful.