Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA
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A 7-month investigation by Spotlight PA found that Herm Suplizio, the suspended DuBois city manager, helped make the city a success story while allegedly stealing from it. -
In Herm Suplizio’s quest to make DuBois, Pa., a destination, state prosecutors allege that he lined his own pockets with hundreds of thousands of public and nonprofit dollars. -
The settlement, paid for using taxpayer money, came after a top aide to Shapiro was accused of sexually harassing a female subordinate. -
Herm Suplizio now faces a total of 23 criminal counts, including ones that involve a mysterious bag of cash delivered to city hall. -
One of the biggest-ever classes of new lawmakers joined the Pa. legislature this year. Spotlight PA followed 3 of them as they navigated a freshman year full of power struggle and scandal. -
Together with three partner newsrooms, Spotlight PA has asked a judge to release the grand jury presentment in the case against Herm Suplizio. -
Commonwealth Court ruled the legislature cannot use a blanket reason to redact bills from private law firms. -
Lobbyists for Parx Casino embarked on an intense, behind-the-scenes effort to get the Gaming Control Board to abandon its hands-off stance toward a major competitor. -
The legal battle, two state officials privately acknowledged, carries one of the highest price tags for outside lawyers in decades. -
The mysterious money was apparently stored at a local nonprofit then delivered weeks after former DuBois City Manager Herm Suplizio was arrested on corruption charges.