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Super Bowl tickets, luxury resort stay among perks Pa. lawmakers accepted in 2023
by Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA
Lawmakers accepted trips bankrolled by campaign groups, organizations pushing alternatives to public education, and more. Public officials in Pennsylvania are allowed to accept essentially any gift.
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Determining if someone is mentally fit for trial in Pa. often traps them in the place making them worse — jail
by Danielle Ohl of Spotlight PA and Brittany Hailer of The Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism
A Spotlight PA/PINJ investigation found few state hospital beds for those with severe mental illness, ill-equipped jails, and a system so broken some defense attorneys avoid it entirely.
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