Facing pressure, Shapiro agrees to reveal State Police flights
Governor Shapiro used taxpayer-funded planes without public logs. Facing questions from Spotlight PA and lawmakers, he agrees to disclose future use.
New via @stephenjcaruso.bsky.social β Gov. Shapiro has been taking undisclosed, taxpayer-funded State Police flights. But after questions from lawmakers and Spotlight PA, the admin says heβll begin releasing logs. www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/02...
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Penn State faculty announce unionization effort.
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Child sex abuse survivors wait for PA lawmakers to act
Survivors of clergy abuse are still waiting for justice as PA lawmakers stall on a long-promised legal fix.
The toll of inaction, amid determined opposition from the Catholic Church and insurers, weighs on victims of childhood sexual abuse who've been denied a day in court ever since a 2018 grand jury showed the true scope of past crimes. Via @katiemeyer.bsky.social www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/02...
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βThe victims have been toyed with by Harrisburg,β said David Inscho, an attorney who has handled dozens of child sex abuse cases involving the Catholic church. βIt becomes a football, and it shouldnβt be a football.β
Read this essential @katiemeyer.bsky.social story and be sure to follow her here.
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Child sex abuse survivors wait for PA lawmakers to act
Survivors of clergy abuse are still waiting for justice as PA lawmakers stall on a long-promised legal fix.
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Clergy abuse survivors are still waiting for Pennsylvania to let them sue. One man recently told me he worries he won't live to see justice. "These people are getting away with it.β www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/02...
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