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Todd Shepherd is Broad + Liberty's chief investigative reporter. He began his reporting career in radio, working as an anchor and reporter for KOMA in Oklahoma City and KOA in Denver. At KOA he was a three-time regional Edward R. Murrow award winner. He spent eight years as the investigative reporter for the Independence Institute in Colorado, a free-market-based think tank. Shepherd has covered national politics for the Washington Examiner and the Washington Free Beacon, and most recently was editor of Delaware Valley Journal. Send Todd tips at tshepherd at broadandliberty.com, or use his encrypted email at shepherdreports at protonmail.com.
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State Politics

Shapiro cabinet member Vereb resigns under cloud following sexual harassment allegations

September 28, 2023September 28, 2023
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The alleged victim, Vereb’s deputy, quit or was pushed out in a move she claims is retaliation. The administration has known about the claims for seven months.
By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

Falls Twp. supervisor failed to report tens of thousands in donations over a three-year period

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023
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Pennsylvania statutes impose almost no penalties for scofflaw campaigns.
By Todd Shepherd

State Politics

Almost $150,000 unaccounted for in House Democrats’ expense report payments to campaign director

September 18, 2023September 22, 2023
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A six-figure sum is unaccounted for, and state officials say they have no way to compel full disclosure.
By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

Delco inmate who died by “delayed homicide” had urosepsis, autopsy shows

September 12, 2023September 22, 2023
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Government officials fought for months to conceal the autopsy results after Broad + Liberty’s open records requests.
By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

Sources allege Falls Township in Bucks Co. allowed union corruption to flourish, colluded with unions

September 11, 2023September 26, 2023
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A union PAC gave hundreds of thousands in political donations to township supervisors who were never in any real election jeopardy.
By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

Staffing crisis at Bucks County prison disrupts overnight inmate intake

September 7, 2023September 7, 2023
Todd Shepherd

Staffing levels have dropped so low at the Bucks County jail that overnight intake of new prisoners was closed one time, and considered a second time.
By Todd Shepherd

Education

New attorneys last less than two days on legal team for Central Bucks teacher suing district

August 29, 2023August 29, 2023
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Earlier in the month, three attorneys left the case, marking a dramatic cut in the teacher’s legal firepower.

B+L Investigates

Delco’s legal spending spree: Outside attorney spending now eight times higher than prior administration

August 28, 2023August 29, 2023
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A firm where one county councilor used to work now makes more in a year from Delco than the county spent on all other outside legal work in 2019, the last year Republicans were in power.
By Todd Shepherd

Government

Dispute lingers over support for new Bucks County sheriff’s deputies

August 25, 2023August 25, 2023
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The two incumbent Democrats running for re-election say they provided funding for new sheriff’s deputies, but don’t mention they voted against making those positions in the first place.
By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

After Sen. Casey ignited investigations into some Medicaid companies, his brother-in-law started lobbying for one

August 23, 2023August 23, 2023
Todd Shepherd

Casey’s brother-in-law went to work for Keystone First, just months before an embarrassing federal audit was released.
By Todd Shepherd

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