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PA Senate Republican Caucus Spent $1.04 Million in Taxpayer Money on Voter Suppression, Election Denial Efforts
by paspotlight | Jan 21, 2021 | Featured, Releases, Stories | 0 |
PA Spotlight has exclusively secured documents showing how much the Pennsylvania Senate Republican Caucus spent trying to overturn the 2020 election and suppress the vote. A right-to-know request turned over documents that show Pennsylvania Senate...
MoreRep. Barb Gleim Demanded Cumberland County Defy COVID-19 Health Precautions; Cumberland County Officials Said No
by paspotlight | Oct 22, 2020 | Featured, Stories, Uncategorized | 0 |
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...
MoreNewly Released Email Shows Harrisburg Republicans Ignoring Local Officials on Elections
by paspotlight | Oct 8, 2020 | Featured, Stories | 0 |
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...
MorePennsylvania Legislators Benefit from the Paycheck Protection Program
by paspotlight | Jul 31, 2020 | Featured, Stories | 0 |
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...
MoreTop Turzai Moments
by paspotlight | Jul 9, 2020 | Featured, Stories | 0 |
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...
MorePennsylvania’s Top 10 Legislative Lows
by paspotlight | Jul 6, 2020 | Featured, Stories | 0 |
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...
MoreThe Dark Money Behind Pennsylvania’s Reopen Rallies
by paspotlight | Jun 8, 2020 | Featured, Stories | 0 |
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...
More10 Ways Unions Have Fought For Workers During the Pandemic
by paspotlight | May 7, 2020 | Featured, Stories | 0 |
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...
MoreCommonwealth Foundation Building Used as Launching Spot for Reopen PA Rally
by paspotlight | Apr 20, 2020 | Featured, Stories | 0 |
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...
MoreFormer Commonwealth Foundation CEO Mocks Lack of PPE for Frontline Workers
by paspotlight | Apr 15, 2020 | Featured, Releases, Stories | 0 |
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...
MoreThe Commonwealth Foundation, Coronavirus, and Cyber Charter Schools
by paspotlight | Apr 2, 2020 | Featured, Releases, Stories | 0 |
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed many examples of workers and labor unions across Pennsylvania fighting for the working class and safety of all of us. In contrast, The Commonwealth Foundation is using the pandemic to do what they’ve always done...
MoreThe Commonwealth Foundation’s Billionaire-Funded Attacks on Paid Sick Leave
by paspotlight | Mar 19, 2020 | Featured, Stories | 0 |
As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across Pennsylvania and the United States, a host of new proposals regarding paid sick leave, eliminating healthcare costs, and labor protections for workers have become the topic of debate as elected officials...
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Amazon seeks to block workers from voting by mail in landmark union drive
Some 5,000 workers in Bessemer, Alabama, to vote in landmark effort and mail ballots used in similar votes because of coronavirus
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Here’s Why 2021 Could Be Good for Organized Labor
Joe Biden has promised to be “the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen”
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