Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA
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15 Years After Citizens United, Big Money Dominates Politics in Pa. and Beyond
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Experts say the U.S. Supreme Court ruling ushered in an era of unprecedented spending on elections by ultra-wealthy special interests.
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Public Should Be Told How Arson Attack at Governor’s Mansion Occurred, Top Lawmaker Says
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Pennsylvania State Police have ordered an independent review, but have not promised to make any findings public.
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Arson Suspect Told Police He Planned to Beat Gov. Josh Shapiro With a Hammer if Seen in Mansion
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Cody Balmer, 38, of Harrisburg, was briefly inside the official residence while setting it ablaze with homemade Molotov cocktails, police said.
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Emails Between Pa. Lawmakers and Lobbyists Will Remain Hidden From the Public After Court Ruling
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Advocates called the ruling a missed opportunity to create more transparency around the state legislature and multimillion-dollar lobbying industry.
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Records Reveal Shapiro Admin Stopped Tracking Why Older Adults Die During Abuse, Neglect Investigations
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The state started tracking deaths as older adults were dying in alarmingly higher numbers. Then a top aging official halted the process.
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More Elder Abuse Transparency, Accountability Is Coming as Shapiro Admin Denies ‘Crisis’
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The Department of Aging will soon disclose county compliance data related to elder abuse investigations. Failing agencies could face harsher penalties.
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Ailing Pa. Woman Died After Months of Pleas for Help, a Victim of a Safety Net in Tatters
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Aging officials in Philadelphia took months to get Luen Ng help before she was killed. She’s one of 1,511 older adults who died in the state in 2023 with open abuse and neglect investigations.
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Governor’s Office Forced to Reveal Why It Spent $368K on Private Law Firms
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Ex-Gov. Tom Wolf’s office and top lawyers for Gov. Josh Shapiro have furiously fought to keep this information secret.
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Are Lobbyist Emails to Lawmakers Public Records? A Pa. Court Will Decide
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Spotlight PA sued after the Pennsylvania Senate refused to turn over emails between lawmakers and lobbyists.
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Persistent Problems With a Pa. Grant for Beer Promotion Led to Headaches, Layoffs for Awardees
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The grant program promised money to people promoting Pennsylvania’s beer industry. But awardees were routinely denied their full grants, and now the state is quietly making changes.