Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA
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Experts say the U.S. Supreme Court ruling ushered in an era of unprecedented spending on elections by ultra-wealthy special interests. -
Pennsylvania State Police have ordered an independent review, but have not promised to make any findings public. -
Independent expert will review security at Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence after arson attackTop lawmakers say they won’t consider whether to hold hearings about the security breach until a review is complete, or are still weighing what actions to take. -
The Executive Services Office has protected Pennsylvania’s governors, lieutenant governors, and their families for decades. -
Cody Balmer, 38, of Harrisburg, was briefly inside the official residence while setting it ablaze with homemade Molotov cocktails, police said. -
Advocates called the ruling a missed opportunity to create more transparency around the state legislature and multimillion-dollar lobbying industry. -
The state started tracking deaths as older adults were dying in alarmingly higher numbers. Then a top aging official halted the process. -
The Department of Aging will soon disclose county compliance data related to elder abuse investigations. Failing agencies could face harsher penalties. -
Alarmed state officials did take the unprecedented step of assigning their own staff to help the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging. -
Aging officials in Philadelphia took months to get Luen Ng help before she was killed. She’s one of 1,511 older adults who died in the state in 2023 with open abuse and neglect investigations.
