Katie Meyer
Katie Meyer is WITF’s Capitol bureau chief, and she covers all things state politics for public radio stations throughout Pennsylvania. Katie came to Harrisburg by way of New York City, where she worked at Fordham University’s public radio station, WFUV, as an anchor, general assignment reporter, and co-host of an original podcast. A 2016 graduate of Fordham, she won several awards for her work at WFUV, including four 2016 Gracies. Katie is a native New Yorker, though she originally hails from Troy, a little farther up the Hudson River. She can attest that the bagels are still pretty good there.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden has pulled ahead in Pennsylvania over President Trump. NPR talks with voters in Philadelphia, where mail-in ballots have made a big difference.
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The Trump campaign wants certain mail-in ballots not to be counted in Pennsylvania. In Michigan, it wants counting stopped until its observers get more access. And it wants a recount in Wisconsin.
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Five days before the end of voting, we have a status report on Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. Those three states flipped to Donald Trump in 2016.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Weighs In On Mail-In Ballot IssueThe state will no longer accept ballots by mail that don't have a second envelope. The ballots without the secrecy envelope are called naked ballots. Democrats worry it could sway the election.
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The state sends out an extra "secrecy" envelope with absentee ballots. A recent court ruling declared that if voters forget that envelope when they return their ballots, their votes will be voided.
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Gov. Tom Wolf hopes a New Deal-inspired plan will help get the state's more than 1.7 million unemployed residents working again.
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'The Boys' Laid To Rest In PittsburghThe Rosenthal brothers' wooden coffins sat at the front of the temple as their family remembered the social, thoughtful men who were deeply involved in their congregation.
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The memorial in Pennsylvania is an enormous sculpture of wind chimes leading to the sky — each one echoing the voices of those who were killed. Tuesday is the 17th anniversary of the terror attacks.
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Pennsylvania prison officials are going to stop processing all mail. Instead, a central location will scan it, and a color copy will go to prisoners.
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Pennsylvania's state prison system has been locked down after a sudden rash of illnesses among employees. They are thought to be caused by accidental exposure to synthetic drugs.