A week’s worth of emails from a former Shapiro administration deputy cabinet secretary no longer exist. That’s what an attorney conceded in court last month as he represented Gov. Josh Shapiro’s attempt to suppress Broad + Liberty’s legal effort to obtain more documents on the biggest scandal Shapiro has confronted […]
Campaign finance filings raise new questions about link between D.A. Krasner and disgraced Democratic ward leader
Campaign finance filings show Larry Krasner’s campaign made a $3,500 donation in 2021 to the Democratic Party’s 52nd Ward in Philadelphia, whose long-serving leader recently stepped down after revelations about his recent convictions of sexual abuse against a minor became a flashpoint in this year’s race for district attorney. The […]
Budget fix or shell game? Delaware County’s $7.6M mystery
County finds millions to plug budget hole, but won’t say from where.
By Todd Shepherd
Unvetted charity paid speakers public money at event with Upper Darby mayor
A charity that received copious money from Upper Darby Township — one that had not met the township’s standard vetting process — paid five event speakers with some of that taxpayer money, including at least one elected official and at least one of the charity’s own leaders, documents indicate. A […]
Delaware County’s bond issuance cost $2.1 million more than necessary, local analysis finds
The county paid more for bond issuance than it had to. Who benefits?
By Todd Shepherd
Delco stays silent on mystery $7.6 million that helped backfill 2025 proposed budget
The county’s numbers don’t add up.
By Todd Shepherd
Delco jail oversight board member also has millions of dollars in county contracts
One of the seats on the Delaware County Jail Oversight Board reserved for citizens is filled by a man who runs a behavioral health company that has made millions recently from county contracts. Brian Corson runs MPV Recovery, a local health care company that, according to its website “assists clients […]
Chester County Democrats and elected officials stay quiet about treasurer’s deceptions on résumé
Top Democratic elected officials in Chester County along with the party’s top brass are refusing to comment regarding County Treasurer Patricia Maisano (D), who for years has been peddling degrees that did not come from a rigorous, accredited institution of higher education, but rather was delivered by a diploma mill […]
Courts reject Chesco treasurer as expert medical witness, but don’t catch that her degrees are from diploma mill
The Chester County treasurer’s side gig of working as an expert witness in civil trials has been dealt substantial blows in the last three years, as her testimony has been excluded from two trials in which she was presumably paid by the plaintiffs to provide expert medical testimony. In at […]
New Pa. news outlet spends $1M-plus on Facebook political posts boosting Kamala Harris, local Democrats
An online news outlet open about its leftward partisan bias is also spending well over a million dollars this year on political Facebook posts boosting Democratic candidates like Kamala Harris and Pennsylvania auditor general candidate Malcolm Kenyatta, sometimes with advertisements that don’t even bother to link to any story produced […]