Pennsylvanians deserve to know the full picture of Covid-19 hospitalizations. Whether the problem is opaqueness or incompetence, transparency should not be this hard.
By Gina Diorio
Gina Diorio: After Johnny Doc’s fall, which Pennsylvania politicians are honest?
A labor leader and Democratic kingmaker bought a seat on Philadelphia’s city council for $70,000 a year. With millions of dollars in other contributions, what else did Johnny Doc’s largesse buy in Pennsylvania?
By Gina Diorio
Gina Diorio: More Covid data deception from the Wolf administration
The Wolf administration presented irrelevant data on the proportion of Covid deaths, hospitalizations, and cases among the vaccinated versus the unvaccinated.
By Gina Diorio
Gina Diorio: How AG Shapiro cost PA landowners tens of millions of dollars
Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s battle with one of the nation’s largest natural gas companies badly hurt Pennsylvanian landowners.
By Gina Diorio
Gina Diorio: Understanding this year’s judicial elections
Pennsylvanians would do well to recognize that, despite their lack of excitement, judicial elections are critically important—and vote accordingly.
By Gina Diorio
Gina Diorio: The many unanswered questions surrounding AG Josh Shapiro
From bungling a major drug case, to cutting a questionable deal with a local district attorney, to taking a taxpayer-funded trip to Aspen, to voting to sell open land that’s now at risk of development, it’s clear that Shapiro has a lot to answer for before Pennsylvanians should consider him as a potential governor.
By Gina Diorio
Gina Diorio: For real lobbying reform, Harrisburg must look in the mirror
Taxpayer-funded lobbying is one of Harrisburg’s greatest obstacles for a brighter future, writes Gina Diorio. Taxpayers’ dollars should be spent on their meaningful interests, not used against them in a twisted cycle.
By Gina Diorio
Gina Diorio: The web of Democrats tied to Pa.’s election grants
Campaign finance reports show that a group tied to the controversial 2020 election grants was paid $6.5 million to help elect Democrats here since 2018.
By Gina Diorio
The National Democratic Redistricting Committee’s attempt to upend Pa.’s redistricting process
It’s little wonder that given the NRDC’s legislative flops, they’d want to double down on finding success with the state’s partisan Supreme Court. The NDRC is now attempting to remove the Legislature entirely from the congressional redistricting process.
By Gina Diorio
Gina Diorio: How local politicians are betrayed by their union friends
PACs funded by public-sector unions often spend overwhelming sums to defeat local Republican politicians who the unions have publicly befriended and even endorsed. This shows that they are happy to rent Republicans and their votes until they can own a Democrat and their allegiance.
By Gina Diorio