L-G-B-T centers across Pennsylvania are struggling to keep their doors open as federal funding dries up and donors cut support. 

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports the national trend is being felt in Harrisburg, where the local L-G-B-T center opened its permanent location just last year.

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Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday is rolling out a new effort aimed at helping people with mental illness avoid jail time — if they commit low-level crimes.

WITF’s Jaxon White reports the program builds off of the state’s Law Enforcement Treatment Initiative, or LETI — originally created to address substance abuse.

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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is stepping onto the international stage. 

WITF’s Jaxon White reports a partnership among eight U.S. governors and two premiers of Canadian provinces last weekend elected Shapiro to be its leader for a two-year term.

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Critical service providers are still not receiving funding from the state, as lawmakers and Governor Josh Shapiro enter their fourth month without a state budget. 

WITF’s Jaxon White reports these organizations warn that layoffs, service cuts and even closures are looming over their work. 

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State House lawmakers approved background checks to purchase any type of firearm in Pennsylvania.

WITF’s Jaxon White reports the proposal passed Tuesday faces long odds of passing the state Senate.

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As Congress faces the deadline to pass a federal budget, more than 100,000 government workers in the commonwealth are bracing for a shutdown.

WITF’s Jaxon White reports that Governor Josh Shapiro says he hopes Washington lawmakers can reach a deal, but that Pennsylvania is ready if they don’t.

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Planned Parenthood agencies nationwide can no longer bill Medicaid for providing basic medical care due to Congressional Republicans’ tax and spending law. 

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports central Pennsylvania’s clinics will keep their doors open even as the cuts are reducing access to care around the country.

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Democrats say Pennsylvania’s richest man is trying to buy the outcome of the state’s Supreme Court retention race this year. 

WITF’s Jaxon White reports from a protest outside the offices of TikTok investor Jeffrey Yass.

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House Democrats are renewing their efforts to reform gun ownership laws in Pennsylvania amid several recent high-profile gun deaths — including conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the three Northern York County Regional police officers killed by a gunman.

WITF’s Jaxon White reports the bills are advancing largely along party lines. 

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Lawmakers are looking for ways to combat depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress — especially among veterans and first responders. 

WITF’s Jaxon White reports state House members are considering psychedelics as a potential treatment.

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