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Government

PA Senators withdraw funding request for Philly LGBT center with ‘kink’ events

March 11, 2024March 10, 2024
Linda Stein
2

Fetterman signed a letter requesting that the earmark be pulled from the bill, then denied doing so.
By Linda Stein

Government

Pennsylvania’s estimated $3 billion Medicaid waiver questioned

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024
Christen Smith
1

Shapiro and Arkoosh want to expand state-provided medical care — but can the taxpayers afford it?
By Christen Smith

Government

State pays $13 million settlement to man wrongly convicted of murder in 1982

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024
Todd Shepherd

The payout is the largest of its kind related to the ELSIP fund in recent years — possibly ever.
By Todd Shepherd

Education

Wally Nunn: The achievement gap is coming from outside the classroom

March 4, 2024March 3, 2024
Wally Nunn
12

Families matter as much as — or even more than — school funding from the state.
By Wally Nunn

Government

Gina L. Pope: Did taxpayers pay for Shapiro’s vacation flight to Hilton Head? 

February 13, 2024February 13, 2024
Gina L. Pope
1

Is a visit to a South Carolina resort town state business?
By Gina L. Pope

Government

David N. Taylor: Who’s the greediest of them all?

January 16, 2024January 15, 2024
David N. Taylor
6

Politicians on trillion-dollar spending sprees have no credibility to scapegoat businesses.
By David N. Taylor

Tax

Wally Nunn: Delco taxpayers can’t afford tax hikes — and the Council knows it.

December 7, 2023December 7, 2023
Wally Nunn
5

Council members from working class neighborhoods should know better than to go along with their rich colleagues’ tax-and-spend policies.
By Wally Nunn

Municipal Government

Terry Tracy: Upper Darby stands on the precipice of financial Armageddon

October 17, 2023October 16, 2023
Terry Tracy
6

An exaggeration? No, and a few facts might persuade you.
By Terry Tracy

Municipal Government

Wally Nunn: Delaware County spending increases — again

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023
Wally Nunn
3

Who’s going to pay for it all? Council isn’t saying, but you can probably guess.
By Wally Nunn

B+L Investigates

Delco’s legal spending spree: Outside attorney spending now eight times higher than prior administration

August 28, 2023August 29, 2023
Todd Shepherd
3

A firm where one county councilor used to work now makes more in a year from Delco than the county spent on all other outside legal work in 2019, the last year Republicans were in power.
By Todd Shepherd

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Op-Ed

Thom Nickels: Catholic conversions surged this Easter

Thom Nickels: Catholic conversions surged this Easter

schedule April 10 2026
ink_pen Thom Nickels

It’s been all over the news: United States Catholics see a 38 percent surge in adult converts over Easter 2026. […]

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