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

July 14, 2025July 14, 2025
Todd Shepherd
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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

B+L Investigates

Assaults keep climbing at Delco prison under county control, data shows

June 19, 2025June 19, 2025
Todd Shepherd

Despite falling inmate populations and rising spending, the violence inside George W. Hill appears to keep rising — and so do questions about the county’s performance.

By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

Court delivers key transparency victories in Shapiro records fight

June 12, 2025June 11, 2025
Todd Shepherd
1

The government has the duty to prove why a record should be withheld — and courts are increasingly insisting that they meet it.

By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

Chester County leaders dodge questions on Maisano’s record as guardian, expert witness, and bogus degrees

June 4, 2025June 4, 2025
Todd Shepherd
1

Broad + Liberty asked elected officials and Democratic Party leaders in Chester County for comment after publishing allegations of misconduct by Treasurer Patricia Maisano. Only one responded.

By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

Power, profit, and guardianship: The fraught history of Chester County Treasurer Patricia Maisano

June 2, 2025February 16, 2026
Todd Shepherd

Despite holding an uncontroversial post as Chester County treasurer, Patricia Maisano’s former career as a court-appointed guardian left behind serious ethical questions about overbilling, false credentials, and the treatment of elderly wards.

By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

Shapiro administration withheld rows of metadata on Vereb scandal, unlike in similar case

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025
Todd Shepherd
2

The governor’s office deleted entire entries from metadata logs — a break from past transparency practice.

By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

Disappearing documents: Shapiro admin deleted accuser’s emails — while senior aides’ records were preserved

May 6, 2025May 9, 2025
Todd Shepherd
8

Internal records and new RTK responses cast doubt on the Shapiro administration’s explanation for deleting the email account of a harassment accuser.

By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

Chester County’s 13% tax hike blamed on ‘big ticket’ items — but budget tells a different story

April 9, 2025April 9, 2025
Todd Shepherd
13

Since Democrats won a majority in Chester County, county government has grown 41 percent.
By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

‘We may help more Rs than Ds’: Texts show Delco Dems’ strategic concerns during 2024 voting

March 31, 2025March 31, 2025
Todd Shepherd
3

Messages reveal the strain between official duties and partisan leanings.
By Todd Shepherd

B+L Investigates

Pennsylvania’s Dem. senators united in silence about Shapiro administration’s missing emails

March 20, 2025March 25, 2025
Todd Shepherd
6

None of the legislators would comment on the record about the missing documents.

By Todd Shepherd

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Op-Ed

Thom Nickels: “Wilderness Generation” balances comedy and confrontation

Thom Nickels: “Wilderness Generation” balances comedy and confrontation

schedule May 01 2026
ink_pen Thom Nickels

Sometimes it’s good to be proven wrong.

By Thom Nickels

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