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Dark money transparency, campaign finance reporting bills pass Pa. House
Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro won’t share daily calendar, a departure from previous governor’s transparency
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is declining to make public his daily calendar, a policy that obscures many of the details about who he meets with and what they discuss.
Governor Josh Shapiro’s refusal to release inaugural donors exposes gap in Pennsylvania law
States like Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey have such laws, as do cities including New York and Philadelphia, where city officials also cap the amount that an individual donor can give to an inauguration.
York County agrees to improve public access to criminal court records in response to suit by Spotlight PA, others
Pa. legislature’s redacted legal bills leave taxpayers guessing
In eight cases that began in 2021, or continued to be billed that year, the House and Senate wholly blacked out the reasons for hiring the private law firm, records obtained through a Right-to-Know request show
Legislation to track state government spending introduced in state Senate
Transparency in government is what every taxpayer expects, but there are limits to what they actually get.
Some Pa. lawmakers tout expense transparency. Their websites tell a different story.
Just 29 of the 253 full-time lawmakers in Pennsylvania post some information online about how they spend taxpayer dollars in their duties, despite many proclaiming, “It’s Your Money.”