Government Accountability

Prosecutors called the gambit by Kathy McGuiness “absurd.” The judge ruled that she is only entitled to a public defender.

Dougherty’s union, Local 98, spent thousands to send Councilmember Bobby Henon to big games. Prosecutors allege the gifted tickets were bribes.

The Justice Department will pay $88 million, which includes $63 million for the families of the slain and $25 million for survivors of the shooting, it was announced Thursday.

The task of reshaping Pennsylvania's political maps falls to a small group of legislative insiders, a system that critics worry facilitates backroom deals.

After the owner of MJK Electrical bribed Johnny Dougherty, his company scored a $9 million deal with Comcast.

Kathy McGuiness wants an expensive former top prosecutor to defend her against public corruption charges at state expense. The state calls her request “absurd.”

The unanimous vote sends the measure to the full House. If the chamber approves it, the referral would be sent on to federal law enforcement for potential charges.

After a local company towed union leader Johnny “Doc” Dougherty’s car, he allegedly acted fast to get revenge. His medium: City Councilmember Bobby Henon.

The Republican Party has tackled countless controversies since its birth in the 1850s, but it is hard to find a precedent for the posture it finds itself in today.

Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot and killed as he jogged through a neighborhood near Brunswick, Ga. in 2020.

Despite the lack of evidence of voter fraud during the 2020 election, Pennsylvania's Trump-allied GOP members have pushed ahead with plans for a “forensic audit” of the result

Kathy McGuiness faces felony charges for abuse of her office. She says AG Kathy Jennings had no right to tell the public she would not answer investigators’ questions.

Prosecutors in the Philly council member’s federal corruption trial drilled into allegations that he acted against the telecom giant for campaign donations.

Spotlight PA sorted through thousands of heavily redacted documents to reveal how the Pennsylvania legislature spends taxpayer dollars on private lawyers.

On the sixth day of the Dougherty-Henon federal corruption trial, testimony centered on allegations that Councilmember Bobby Henon abused his power to help a donor.