Government Accountability

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Public-employee pension funding, budget forecasting said to need the most improvement

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced five legislative proposals Wednesday that would drastically overhaul the state’s ethics rules for government officials.

Rev. Malcolm Byrd — a public theologian who ended a 45-year career in government without scandal — writes about faith, morality and combating corruption.

“If you’re not able to speak about what has happened to you, you cannot effectively get justice.”

The Democratic Governor has pitched the same overhaul to Pennsylvania’s corporate tax structure for five years in a row.