Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA
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Whistleblower Says Shapiro Admin Retaliated After He Raised Alarms About Elder Abuse System Failures
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The whistleblower also alleges that top aging department officials purposely suppressed or manipulated data when responding to Spotlight PA’s public records requests.
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State Delays New Contract With Extra Accountability Measures for Pa. Elder Abuse Agencies
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The Department of Aging pointed to a new system to monitor whether counties are conducting quality abuse and neglect investigations.
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Big-Dollar Donors Are Helping Fund Fixes at the Governor’s Mansion. For Now, We Don’t Know Who They Are
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The Shapiro administration has yet to say just how much repairing and upgrading the Harrisburg residence will cost after a brazen arson attack.
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Trump’s Massive Tax Bill Could Cost Pa. $800M to Keep Food Benefits Program Going
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Two million Pennsylvanians rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, many of them children and older adults.
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Elder Abuse Agency Faces New Investigation by Pa.’s Top Fiscal Watchdog
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Significant, persistent failures in the system for protecting older adults have led to devastating consequences, Spotlight PA has found.
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New Performance Assessments for Pa. Elder Abuse Agencies Will Mask Ongoing Failures, Critics Fear
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The Shapiro administration made the change as older adults continue to die in alarming numbers while under the care of the system.
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State Police Add Uniformed Unit, ‘Anti-Climb’ Fence to Protect Pa. Governor’s Mansion After Arson Attack
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The change follows a brazen arson attack at the Harrisburg residence where Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family stay.
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15 Years After Citizens United, Big Money Dominates Politics in Pa. and Beyond
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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.
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Public Should Be Told How Arson Attack at Governor’s Mansion Occurred, Top Lawmaker Says
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Pennsylvania State Police have ordered an independent review, but have not promised to make any findings public.
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Arson Suspect Told Police He Planned to Beat Gov. Josh Shapiro With a Hammer if Seen in Mansion
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Cody Balmer, 38, of Harrisburg, was briefly inside the official residence while setting it ablaze with homemade Molotov cocktails, police said.