Government Accountability

While Kathy McGuiness appeals her official misconduct and conflict of interest convictions, she’s suing over false statements made against her.

Ciba-Geigy Chemical Corp. dumped toxic substances into waterways and buried 47,000 drums of toxic waste into the ground, causing a cancer cluster among children.

Actions by Trump allies in Pennsylvania, were included in the indictment as “acts of racketeering activity and overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy.”

Pennsylvania gives millions of dollars meant for road and bridge repairs to the State Police each year. Lawmakers are weighing how to end those transfers.

Pennsylvania researchers prepare to release findings from taxpayer-financed studies on possible links between the natural gas industry and various health concerns in the area.

This may be the last of the Trump indictments, but it was the big one.

The defendants face a slew of charges, including racketeering, violating the oath of a public officer, forgery, false statements and other offenses.

Some Pa. ratepayers saw the recent court ruling as a rebuke against rising water and sewer bills. Now, Aqua and a township in Chester County are seeking corrective action.

Other defendants include former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows; Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani; and a Trump administration DOJ official, Jeffrey Clark.

Chutkan said that if anyone makes “inflammatory” statements about the case, she would be inclined to move more quickly to trial to prevent any intimidation of witnesses.

Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court found a state commission should not have approved the sale of a municipal sewer system to a private company.

Prosecutors said they want the case before U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to move to trial swiftly in Washington, setting up a likely battle with defense attorneys.

The court filing says the court “found probable cause to search the Twitter account for evidence of criminal offenses.”

Some serve as leaders of Pa.’s Republican party, or have influence in local and national politics.

Recently, PennFuture released a model zoning law and guidebook for logistics center developments. They hope municipalities across Pa. will use it to update zoning ordinances.