Government Accountability

An ex-diplomat at the U.S. embassy says Ambassador Robert Wood “Woody” Johnson IV told him about the request. “I advised him that doing so would violate federal ethics rules."

The bill's sponsor and transparency advocates are urging the governor to reconsider.

An open letter to Mayor Kenney and Philadelphia Housing Authority CEO Kelvin Jeremiah about the city’s homeless encampments and demands for housing.

Democratic leaders in the Congress asked the FBI for an all-lawmaker briefing about foreign election interference efforts that may be targeting the legislature this year.

The president suggested he wanted to see what’s happening in Portland spread to other U.S. cities.

The absence of the data will make it harder for health and public officials, as well as the general public, to understand how the virus is spreading.

The decision has set up a confrontation between the federal government’s directives, the state legislature’s intent, and the governor’s powers.

Bucks County filed suit against a PA Post reporter in response to his April 7 request for a copy of the policy, made as part of a larger project on county jails across Pa.

The move represents the latest battle between Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and the legislature over his disaster emergency declaration during the coronavirus pandemic.

The report found that women of color, including female judges, were “experiencing specific harm” working within the district’s organizational culture and structure.

Managing Director Brian Abernathy, Mayor Kenney’s second-in-command, has been the target of protests calling for his resignation.

Bucks County members of the Republican Caucus call for the House Oversight Committee to look into what they call “the failure of the Unemployment Compensation program.”

At least a dozen lawmakers have ties to organizations that received federal coronavirus aid, according to newly released government data.

About 165,000 organizations have received PPP funding so far, totalling $20.7 billion — making Pennsylvania one of the top users of the loan program.

Attorneys say Montco Commissioner Joe Gale violated constituents’ free speech rights through a pattern of blocking and deleting material on social media.