As flu season gets underway, the state’s top health officials are encouraging Pennsylvanians to get their annual flu shot to protect against the virus – and the sore throat, runny nose, cough, muscle aches and fatigue that accompany it. The flu vaccine not only protects you, it also ...
Municipal Elections 101 from Spotlight PA educates readers about the local positions on their ballots and empowers them to make informed decisions. Sign up for our free newsletters. On Nov. 4, Pennsylvania voters will choose who they want to lead the local governments that most closely impact ...
The Philadelphia lawyers asking the state Supreme Court to restrict Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh’s ability to pursue the death penalty are pointing to last week’s acquittal of one of their clients to bolster their claims that he has been unjustly wielding the threat of ...
Ironically enough, the actions of the president who was the chief champion of American democracy to the world in the 20th century could be repurposed by Donald Trump to do serious, perhaps permanent, harm to that very form of government in the U.S. In the summer of 1941, as the United States ...
For Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski, the mission is personal. As founder of the UPMC Washington Teen Outreach, Podgurski has spent nearly four decades passionately working to close the gap between kids in crisis and the care they need. And now, Teen Outreach is expanding one of its education ...
After serving for seven years as executive director of the Literacy Council of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Brandi Miller is stepping aside. Miller is not leaving the nonprofit sector, though. Earlier this week, the West Pike Run Township resident was named executive director of Mission of ...
