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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
By Todd Shepherd
The Conviction Integrity Unit has been a cornerstone of Krasner’s tenure. It has garnered national media attention in places like the Washington Post and the New York Times.
By Todd Shepherd
A Northern Kentucky University professor specializing in ballot questions says: “That [ballot question] has a reading grade of 37, which means that it’s really complicated…with a 37, we’re talking more than a college degree to understand the question.”
By Todd Shepherd
After Gov. Wolf’s chiefs of staff met twice with several Pa. teacher’s unions, the administration issued guidance for reopening schools that caused districts across the state to abandon plans for full, in-person education.
By Todd Shepherd