Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA
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Pa. Lawmakers Ask for Investigations After Gaming Regulators Met Privately with Casino Lobbyists
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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.
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Pa. Officials Spent $12.6M on Private Lawyers to Fight Challenge to State’s Education Funding
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The legal battle, two state officials privately acknowledged, carries one of the highest price tags for outside lawyers in decades.
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A DuBois Official Was Arrested on Corruption Charges. Then Nearly $100K in Cash Arrived at City Hall
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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.
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An Older Pa. Woman Was Placed Under Guardianship. Her Family Says the System Betrayed Her
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An ongoing lawsuit spotlights Pennsylvania’s vexing system for safeguarding vulnerable older adults from potential fraud and other conflicts when they are declared legally incapacitated.
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Campaign Finance, Lobbying Reform Still Receiving Little Attention in Pa. Legislature
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When it comes to money in politics, Pennsylvania has some of the laxest laws in the country, while its rules for lobbyists are looser than many other states.
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Top Gaming Regulators in Pa. Met with Industry Lobbyists Before Coming Out Against a Casino Competitor
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The state Gaming Control Board, which previously took no position on the legality of skill games despite casino opposition, reversed course after their meeting with Parx Casino representatives.
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Secrecy Has Dominated Shapiro’s Transition to Pa. Governor. It May Be a Sign of What’s to Come
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Incoming Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro has an unusually opaque transition team, featuring NDAs and secretive funders.
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What Mark Rozzi’s Record Can Tell Us About What Kind of Pa. House Speaker He’ll Be
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Rozzi’s decade-long legislative career has been defined by his advocacy for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Few know what to expect from his surprise tenure as speaker.
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Cost of Pennsylvania Governor’s Race Sets New Record Amid ‘Campaign Finance Arms Race’
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Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — The total cost of the governor’s race in Pennsylvania topped $100 million in this last election cycle, a staggering amount that set a new…
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Pa.’s Governor Spends Thousands on Private Law Firms but Won’t Disclose Why
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The legal office of Pennsylvania’s governor won’t explain why it paid private law firms at least $367,500.