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B+L Investigates

19%, 24%, 5% — Delaware County’s tax-increase trifecta hits average homeowner for extra $409 annually

November 11, 2025November 11, 2025
Todd Shepherd
6

Democrats who swept to power promising prison reform and health department now seeking third consecutive property tax increase as federal pandemic funds dry up

By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

Budget fix or legal risk? Delaware County may have tapped restricted funds to ease 2025 tax increase

November 3, 2025November 4, 2025
Todd Shepherd

Opioid funds, hotel tax, nursing home surplus: Inside the $7.6 million in transfers powering Delco’s controversial budget

By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

Delaware County conceals budget details for year, refuses transparency before election

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025
Todd Shepherd
3

Delaware County and its five members of the county council are continuing a year-long campaign of concealing elements of the […]

B+L Investigates

Budget Task Force? County claims months of meetings, but almost nothing on the public record

October 9, 2025October 12, 2025
Todd Shepherd
3

The county cites multiple meetings and subcommittee work but offers no membership list, calendar, minutes, or public notices; Sunshine Act compliance questions follow.
By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

Philly School District spent at least $309,000 sending staff to local union conference despite travel policy

September 10, 2025February 23, 2026
Todd Shepherd
2

Records show hundreds of district employees attended CASA One in Philadelphia, including hotel stays barred by policy unless specially approved.

By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

Claim: Shapiro had no ‘need to know’ about harassment claims against cabinet-level director

September 2, 2025September 2, 2025
Todd Shepherd
1

If the governor isn’t considered to have a ‘need to know’ about sexual harassment in his own cabinet, who does?

By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

Shapiro continues to promote partisan voter-registration site that mimics official state election site — and skims your data

August 13, 2025August 13, 2025
Todd Shepherd
3

Republican senator calls practice ‘despicable,’ notes administration warns citizens about similar tactics

By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

Delco spent $4.7M on outside lawyers in 2024, dwarfing neighboring counties

July 30, 2025August 1, 2025
Todd Shepherd
1

Delaware County spent $4.69 million on outside attorneys in 2024, according to an analysis of documents obtained via Right to […]

B+L Investigates

Shapiro admin stonewalls on key HR policies in sexual harassment scandal

July 21, 2025August 31, 2025
Todd Shepherd
6

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration is refusing to provide copies of the human resources policies that would support its central defense: […]

B+L Investigates

Audio: Voice messages reveal orchestrated effort to oust St. Joe’s math professor over racial reparations tweet

July 14, 2025July 14, 2025
Todd Shepherd
2

Newly obtained audio appears to show a coordinated push to remove Dr. Greg Manco, raising questions about university actions and student press independence.

By Todd Shepherd

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Op-Ed

Thom Nickels: Will USA 250 lead to a better Philadelphia? Don’t bet on it.

Thom Nickels: Will USA 250 lead to a better Philadelphia? Don’t bet on it.

schedule April 17 2026
ink_pen Thom Nickels

The poet T.S. Eliot once wrote, “April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory […]

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