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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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News

Second wave of Covid-19 was more deadly for Pa. nursing homes than first wave

July 5, 2021September 22, 2021
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The “fall surge” of Covid-19 cases created more deaths in nursing homes across the nation. But data reviewed by Broad + Liberty shows the fatality rate in Pennsylvania for the second surge was nearly two times the national average.
By Todd Shepherd

News

Democratic strategist linked to early push on controversial election grants

June 14, 2021June 14, 2021
Todd Shepherd
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The first direct link in Pennsylvania between grants from the Chicago-based Center for Tech and Civic Life for the 2020 election and a source with an open partisan affiliation with Democrats.

Education

Philadelphia School District does not track failing students

June 10, 2021June 11, 2021
Todd Shepherd

Despite asserting that they do track information regarding students failing classes, the district refused to provide relevant information on the grounds that the documents don’t exist.

By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

‘Blue’ Southeast PA counties had head start on election grants

June 7, 2021June 7, 2021
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Despite discussing private election grants with Delaware, Montgomery, and Chester counties in August, the Pa. DOH did not make other counties aware of the grants until September, 2020.

By Todd Shepherd

News

Delco Council pays 41% over advertised price for new office space

June 1, 2021June 1, 2021
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The County, which flipped to Democratic control in 2019, defended its decision to pay approximately $250,000 more taxpayer dollars in rent than the advertised price for office space that will house the county’s new health department.
By Todd Shepherd

News

Wolf administration hiding information on how it distributed PPE during pandemic

May 26, 2021June 1, 2021
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The Pennsylvania DOH is using the decades-old Disease Control and Prevention Law (DCPL) to shield information on how it purchased and distributed PPE. Transparency advocates argue that the department’s broad use of the DCPL is leaving citizens suspicious.
By Todd Shepherd

News

Boyle brothers’ shared political money spills into courtroom fight

May 26, 2021May 27, 2021
Todd Shepherd
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A lawsuit by Northeastern Philadelphia State Sen. John Sabatina against Rep. Kevin Boyle has become focused on peculiar financial dealings between Kevin Boyle and his brother Brendan Boyle. Brendan has been transferring campaign money to Kevin’s campaign accounts for years.
By Todd Shepherd

News

Exclusive: Campaign by former St. Joe’s students to get professor fired for allegedly racist tweets fails

May 24, 2021May 23, 2021
Todd Shepherd
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An assistant professor at St. Joe’s was thrown into a free speech controversy when a few former students petitioned to get him fired over some of his tweets. While the university has ended his suspension, the professor is worried about his career as universities harbor increasing fear of their own students.
By Todd Shepherd

News

Southeast counties will explore improving campaign finance transparency

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021
Todd Shepherd

After asking each of the collar counties about their campaign finance transparency policies, Bucks, Delaware and Chester Counties have told Broad + Liberty that they are open to making their filings publicly accessible. Montgomery County already has an online database.
By Todd Shepherd

News

‘Keeping Kids in School’ PAC celebrates strong showing in PA primaries, looks ahead to general election

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021
Todd Shepherd

Eighty-six of the PAC’s 91 endorsed school board candidates are moving on to the November general election. Now, Clarice Schillinger, who started the PAC just months ago at her kitchen table, is looking to take on an entrenched establishment as the urgency caused by the pandemic looks to be waning.
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