Category: Featured
Rep. Barb Gleim Demanded Cumberland County Defy COVID-19 Health Precautions; Cumberland County Officials Said No
In Lebanon County, we saw the extreme lengths Republicans in Harrisburg including Rep. Russ Diamond, Rep. Frank Ryan, Senator Dave Arnold and his Chief of Staff Greg Moreland undertook to unsafely force the county to ignore Governor Tom Wolf’s...
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EXPOSED: New Emails Show Commonwealth Foundation and Commonwealth Partners Chamber Coordinating With Republican Legislators to Undermine COVID-19 Restrictions
The Commonwealth Foundation and the Commonwealth Partners Chamber of Entrepreneurs have never been forthright about their involvement with the dangerous “ReOpen” rallies and associated state legislators. When caught underlining the original rally...
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Newly Released Email Shows Harrisburg Republicans Ignoring Local Officials on Elections
There has been a lot of disinformation around the voting process intentionally caused by the Trump campaign and Republican allies in Harrisburg. While the Supreme Court and Governor Tom Wolf have taken steps to ensure that our election operates...
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The Commonwealth Foundation’s Insidious Connection to the Commonwealth Leaders Fund
The Commonwealth Foundation desperately does not want to be associated with the Commonwealth Leaders Fund. In July, after the Commonwealth Leaders Fund was roundly criticized for a political mailer that took the words of an editorial from Emily...
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The Atrocious Impact of Betsy DeVos
Trump’s Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is no stranger to scandal. From having no formal training or experience as an educator before her appointment to Trump’s cabinet and publicly advocating for the privatization of schools, to attempting to...
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Pennsylvania Legislators Benefit from the Paycheck Protection Program
PA Spotlight has uncovered that State Representatives Andrew Lewis in the 105th and Barb Gleim in the 199th, and State Senator John DiSanto in the 15th financially benefited from the Paycheck Protection Program. These three central Pennsylvania...
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Top Turzai Moments
It shouldn’t be a surprise former Pennsylvania House Speaker Mike Turzai cemented his legacy as a proxy for special interests by taking a lucrative job with the natural gas industry. The former Speaker spent years in Republican leadership failing...
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Pennsylvania’s Top 10 Legislative Lows
This spring’s legislative session was filled with a bunch of lows from Pennsylvania House Republicans and billionaire-funded allies. From the former Speaker of Pennsylvania touting herd immunity in children as a reason to reopen faster, to the head...
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The Dark Money Behind Pennsylvania’s Reopen Rallies
Dark money groups connected to Betsy DeVos and former Commonwealth Foundation CEO Matt Brouillette are funding legislators who have thrown themselves at the forefront of the bigoted, far-right, astroturfed movements that sprang up during the...
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10 Ways Unions Have Fought For Workers During the Pandemic
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, workers and labor unions have stepped up in unprecedented ways. They are winning new protections for essential and frontline workers, protecting their communities, and lifting up their co-workers in tragic...
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Commonwealth Foundation Building Used as Launching Spot for Reopen PA Rally
At the Reopen PA rally in Harrisburg, the Commonwealth Foundation used their building as a safe space for featured speakers and a launching spot for the rally. The emcee of the event lied about his knowledge of the organization. Watch the video for...
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Former Commonwealth Foundation CEO Mocks Lack of PPE for Frontline Workers
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic from Pennsylvania’s extremist right-wing infrastructure is indeed a new low that has the potential to get frontline workers killed. Essential workers across Pennsylvania are risking their lives to provide...
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