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Government Accountability

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Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Protections for vulnerable Pa. seniors lag, reforms to guardianship system ‘stuck’

In Pennsylvania, there are about 18,400 adults living under guardianship. More than half are age 60 and up.

6 years ago

The city of Harrisburg (istock via WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

‘Excuses to try to silence me’: Lawsuit alleges racial bias at Pa.’s anti-discrimination agency

The PHRC has long been haunted by allegations that it is ineffectual and that its leadership perpetuates the same kinds of discrimination it aims to combat.

6 years ago

Health Secretary Rachel Levine (Commonwealth Media Services/Natalie Kolb)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania isn’t releasing details on coronavirus cases because of a decades-old law

Pa. officials are citing a 1955 law authored in the heyday of syphilis to withhold details about coronavirus cases, including how many people have been tested.

6 years ago

White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, pictured in September 2019. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Mick Mulvaney out as White House chief of staff

Mulvaney was President Trump's third chief of staff, a job he had held in an acting capacity. Rep. Mark Meadows will succeed him in the role, Trump said.

6 years ago

The Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg. (Kalim A. Bhatti/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. House drops ‘legislative privilege,’ will release lawmaker spending details

After shielding spending details for months, leaders in the Pennsylvania House are reversing course and will publicly disclose why lawmakers spend millions in taxpayer money.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump signs an $8.3 billion bill to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., Friday, March 6, 2020 at the White House in Washington, as Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, looks on. The legislation provides federal public health agencies with money for vaccines, tests and potential treatments and helps state and local governments prepare and respond to the threat. The rapid spread of the virus has rocked financial markets, interrupted travel and threatens to affect everyday life in the United States. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Health

Trump signs $8.3B bill to combat coronavirus outbreak in U.S.

The bill provides federal public health agencies with money for vaccines, tests and potential treatments and helps state, local governments prepare and respond to the threat.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump reacts to questions during a town hall in Scranton, Pa. on Thursday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

‘I was all set for Bernie’: Trump hones attacks on Biden in Scranton town hall

At an event hosted Thursday night by Fox News, Trump bounced between defending his administration’s record and trolling the Democratic candidates for president.

6 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., flanked by Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, left, and Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus,  to discuss the 2020 Census and the concern for getting an accurate count in minority communities, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2020. The census determines how federal funding is allocated and affects the apportionment of Congressional seats.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

Facebook drops Trump ads after Pelosi cites census confusion

Facebook said in a statement that it was enforcing its policies to prevent confusion over the 2020 census, which begins for most people next week.

6 years ago

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is sworn in by Judge, Deborah Kunselman, during a Ceremony in the senate chambers at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.Tuesday, January 15, 2019. JOSE F. MORENO / Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. Senate officials scrub details from financial records, raising alarm among open records advocates

In documents turned over to The Caucus and Spotlight PA, Senate officials edited out spending information, making it appear as though it never existed

6 years ago

New Jersey State Police remove Sue Altman, state director, New Jersey Working Families, before George E. Norcross III, left, testifies in front of the New Jersey Senate Select Committee on Economic Growth Strategies about his role in the controversial state tax incentive program, Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, in Trenton, N.J. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Politics & Policy

AG says activist dragged out of N.J. Statehouse was not targeted over politics

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal asked that the disorderly person charge against Sue Altman be dismissed.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol building
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. lawmakers black out details of why they spent tax dollars, claiming ‘legislative privilege’

The nearly 3,000 pages of records released so far included information about staff travel, meals, lodging, conference costs, and professional training.

6 years ago

The NAACP has filed suit on behalf of Robert Holbrook (left) and other currently and formerly incarcerated people whose Census numbers apply to the community where they are incarcerated rather than where they live. Holbrook spoke during a press conference at City Hall, accompanied by Philadelphia NAACP President Rodney Muhammad (right). (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

NAACP suing Pennsylvania to stop ‘prison gerrymandering’

They say the state should count people as residents of the counties where they lived before being arrested, not of the counties where they’re serving their sentences.

6 years ago

FILE - In this Dec. 24, 2019 photo, President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media following a Christmas Eve video teleconference with members of the military at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

Could Democrats have accomplished more with censure than impeachment?

With a two-thirds majority needed to remove President Trump, could have a move for censure instead of impeachment been more successful for Democrats?

6 years ago

Historians and activists charge that the White House has failed to keep notes of the president's meetings with foreign leaders, including with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Off the record: Trump administration criticized for how it keeps documents

The Trump administration is being criticized for its handling of certain government records.

6 years ago

Engine 6, which was stationed closest to the fire where three firefighters died in 2016, was out of service that night as part of the city's
Courts & Law

Judge dismisses federal lawsuit in blaze that killed 3 Wilmington firefighters

The lawsuit blames the “rolling bypass’’ policy and staffing levels. A judge ruled that the firefighters’ constitutional rights were not violated, but plaintiffs will appeal.

6 years ago

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