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End of Federal Relief Money Will Push Some Pa. Municipalities Off a Financial Cliff, Shapiro Admin Fears
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Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal includes $10 million for a Pennsylvania fund that assists financially distressed local governments.
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Pa. Primary Election 2025: Everything You Need to Know About Running for Local Public Office
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The nomination petition period opens Feb. 18 for Pennsylvania’s 2025 municipal primary election. Races on the ballot include school boards, township supervisors, borough council members and more.
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The Alleged Theft of More Than $532K From a Centre County Township Shows the Limits of Routine Audits
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While most Pennsylvania local governments are required to file annual financial audits to the state each year, those reports aren’t meant to root out fraud, waste and abuse.
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New Records Detail Gregg Township Secretary’s Alleged Half-Million-Dollar Heist. How Did Sports Betting, Trips and More Go Unnoticed?
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Pamela Hackenburg allegedly used Gregg Township’s credit cards to steal almost $533,000 from local taxpayers. The township’s supervisors never looked at a statement.
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Find Out How Your Pennsylvania Community Is Spending Its Federal Pandemic Relief Funding
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Pennsylvania — along with its cities, counties and local governments — have until Dec. 31 to finalize their federal pandemic relief funding.
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Pennsylvania, Most of Its Municipalities on Track to Decide How to Spend Pandemic Relief Funding as Deadline Nears
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This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for Talk of the […]
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Routine Process or ‘Financial Scandal’? Legal Bills Divide Some Elected Officials Involved in Centre County Solar Project
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An intergovernmental cooperation among 10 public agencies to purchase solar power, likely the first of its kind in Pennsylvania, has been embroiled in controversy.
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Lawsuits Are a Last Resort When Local Government Goes Wrong. Here’s Why One Milesburg Resident Is Suing
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Bringing a civil lawsuit is one of the few ways Pennsylvanians can force corrective action from municipalities, but it’s often costly and difficult.
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Local Governments Need 12K People to Function. Experts Say You Could Be One of Them
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Pennsylvania local governments are designed to be led by ordinary citizens, but finding and keeping the right people to do the job have become challenging for municipalities of all sizes.
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Did a Centre County Township Missing $532K in Taxpayer Dollars Have Financial Safeguards? Officials Won’t Say.
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Local officials believe a suspended employee may have stolen more than half a million dollars in public funds. No one has been charged with a crime.