Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA

The settlement, paid for using taxpayer money, came after a top aide to Shapiro was accused of sexually harassing a female subordinate.

The settlement included a confidentiality clause, Spotlight PA has learned, a practice that has garnered widespread scrutiny following the #MeToo movement.

The Pa. legislature says its communications with lobbyists should be secret. Spotlight PA is making a case that the state’s right-to-know law says otherwise.

Commonwealth Court ruled the legislature cannot use a blanket reason to redact bills from private law firms.

The legal battle, two state officials privately acknowledged, carries one of the highest price tags for outside lawyers in decades.

The mysterious money was apparently stored at a local nonprofit then delivered weeks after former DuBois City Manager Herm Suplizio was arrested on corruption charges.