5 TAKEAWAYS: Local governments of all sizes require committed leaders and staff to keep their communities running smoothly, but problems can arise when they don’t have the right people to do the job. Spotlight PA recently spoke with experts about these challenges and what they mean for an average Pennsylvanian.
 

AG SPECULATION: Politico reports prominent Democrats want change at the Department of Justice if Kamala Harris wins the presidency. Among the names in the mix to replace criticized U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland? One-time veepstakes contender and state attorney general-turned-governor Josh Shapiro. It's unclear that he would accept. If he did, here's what would happen.
 

BALLOT COUNTING: A Republican state representative wants the Pennsylvania Department of State to once again publicly post real-time information about how many precincts have counted ballots and how many precincts haven't. The agency told the Center Square that mail ballots would be excluded from these precinct counts, so the public would get an incorrect impression of how many votes are left to consider.  

FBI VISIT: Sources tell PennLive the FBI visited the office of Visit Hershey & Harrisburg this week, though it's unclear why. The visit followed reporting by the news outlet that found a former Dauphin County commissioner directed millions of dollars in grant funds to the tourism bureau without disclosing his wife was a paid contractor.