WITF News Stories

Responding to President Donald Trump’s policies targeting immigrants, a group of Democratic state lawmakers on Wednesday renewed their call to launch an Office of New Pennsylvanians.

Jaxon White with our sister newsroom LNP/LancasterOnline reports lawmakers say the office would look to attract and retain immigrants statewide.

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State legislators are considering a consumer data privacy bill that would set rules for how companies collect, store and sell individualized information from people’s online activities.

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports the bill follows a more industry-friendly model passed in 17 other states.

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Leaders of the local Bhutanese  refugee community say immigration officials arrested six legal permanent residents. 
WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports the families do not know why they were arrested or what comes next. 

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Democratic leaders in Pennsylvania say they’re open to passing voter ID bills that don’t disenfranchise any voters.

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports Republican legislators favor stricter rules that would make it harder for many to vote.

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Some state lawmakers are again pushing for open primaries.

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports Pennsylvania is one of 12 states that bar independent voters from the major party primaries.

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For Andy Smith, who specializes in watercolor, light is everything. He uses transparent watercolors, painting in a series of washes to build color, creating shadows, and a very strong use of light. Hear how Smith started painting with watercolors and his techniques in this artist series from WITF. 

To see video of Smith's work, go to witf.org/mosaic.

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The average price of one dozen eggs in the U-S nearly doubled over the last year…and the spike is demanding attention.

The federal Department of Agriculture plans to spend one billion dollars to tackle avian flu and repopulate flocks of laying hens.

News outlets including the Wall Street Journal report the Justice Department is investigating whether big egg producers are price gouging.

To gauge how people in Central PA are feeling about the prices, WITF’s Rachel McDevitt went to Lancaster County restaurant The Pancake Farm – where a sign on the door tells customers to expect a dollar-fifty upcharge for any meal that includes eggs.

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A Pennsylvania nonprofit that helps farmers increase sustainability is getting ready to furlough 60 of its 82 employees if federal money is not released by the end of this month.

WITF’s Rachel McDevitt reports.

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Two local filmmakers set out to tell stories about Harrisburg that transcend boundaries of race, class, gender and geography. 

The result is the film River City Stories, which is screening this week at the West Shore Theater in New Cumberland. 

WITF's Rachel McDevitt spoke with the film's creators Paul Hood and Wallace McKelvey. 

hat was Wallace McKelvey and Paul Hood speaking about their film River City Stories with WITF's Rachel McDevitt. 

The film is screening Friday, March 7 and Sunday, March 9th at the West Shore Theater in New Cumberland. It will also be shown at Zoetropolis in Lancaster on May 16th and 18th. 

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Pennsylvania is updating its 22-year-old voter registration system.

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports the new system should be in place by the 2028 presidential election.

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