Politics Archives

PA lawmakers spend millions of tax dollars on legal fees without sharing details

A review of thousands of pages of documents shows the cases ranged from public records fights to secret personnel problems to attempts to overturn last year’s presidential election.

12 Oct 2021

GOP wants to purge voters but Pennsylvania already removes inelligible voters

Pennsylvania has spent nearly half a million dollars over the past six years to find and remove outdated registrations from its voter database.

11 Oct 2021

Pennsylvania lawmakers vote to extend Covid waivers for healthcare workers

Without action, the waivers would have expired Thursday, potentially exacerbating ongoing staffing crises in hospitals and long-term care institutions.

30 Sep 2021

Allegheny County Council allocates federal Covid relief funds with few details

The county opted to spend only a quarter of its funds for now without public hearings or feedback from residents.

29 Sep 2021

Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman

Pa. Senate GOP moves to collect private voter information in review of 2020 election

The GOP lawmakers have crafted a sweeping subpoena, requesting among other information the name, address and partial social security number of every voter registered as of November 2020.

15 Sep 2021

Allegheny County’s transition to electric buses depends on finding more money

As bouts of extreme weather show the urgent threat of climate change, the Port Authority of Allegheny County looks to a future without fossil fuels.

14 Sep 2021

Anthony Hamlet resigns as head of Pittsburgh Public Schools after ethics report

The superintendent will receive $399,687, which PPS Solicitor Ira Weiss said reflects one year of his salary and benefits minus what he owed the district.

08 Sep 2021