As our Candidate Spotlight Series continues, Doug Mastriano and Josh Shapiro outline their plans to work across party lines.
From The Editors
Gina L. Pope: Conflicts of interest undermine confidence in government
PA legislators are being paid by entities that stand to benefit from their votes to increase school funding.
By Gina L. Pope
Inside the PA Department of Health’s latest public access battle
A Right to Know request for pandemic lockdown-related emails could change the precedent for how specificity requirements are handled in PA courts.
By Leslie Sattler
David Hardy: Philadelphia’s school board needs to get out of charter authorizing
The school board has shown itself unable to manage the process correctly, to students’ detriment.
By David Hardy
R. Seth Williams: The majority-minority defense
Krasner’s holier-than-thou defense of his actions rings false as Philadelphians live in fear of crime and violence.
By R. Seth Williams
Andy Bloom: Fall in Philadelphia — A new season and a Philadelphia treasure, Merrill Reese
“I guess I have to face the fact as real.
I think I feel my back up against the wall.
I’m gonna spend another Fall In Philadelphia.”
—Hall & Oates
By Andy Bloom
Candidate for state rep in Bethlehem overstating school board experience to voters
The Democratic state house candidate is accused of inflating her résumé.
By Todd Shepherd
Another judge excoriates Krasner and team, sanctions him on candor issues
Federal judge says DA’s office lied about contacting a victim’s family before attempting to reduce a murderer’s sentence.
By Todd Shepherd
The Editors: What’s up with our unresponsive candidates?
If our Candidate Spotlight Series has taught us anything, it’s that most of our region’s establishment politicians don’t believe independent-minded voters are worthy of a response.
From The Editors
Kevin Mooney: With donations to Shapiro, trade unions fund the demise of energy sector jobs
It might appear to some that Shapiro was against the cap-and-trade tax plan before he was for it — but he has never expressed unambiguous opposition.
By Kevin Mooney