Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
After one of the biggest corruption scandals in Pennsylvania broke out in the late 2000s, a grand jury interviewed more than 100 Capitol staffers and lawmakers. Then it released a scathing report. The most damning observation? The Pennsylvania General Assembly will “meddle with, obfuscate, ignore or kill every recommendation,” and if the Legislature were “left to its own devices, is utterly incapable of reforming itself.”
Sixteen years later, PennLive's Tirzah Christopher found that leaders implemented none of the report’s recommendations, including consolidating IT services and print shops, moves that experts say would save taxpayers millions.
Read more: pennlive.com/politics/2026/07/screw-you-taxpayers-judge-says-pa-legislature-ignored-money-saving-reforms.html
After one of the biggest corruption scandals in Pennsylvania broke out in the late 2000s, a grand jury interviewed more than 100 Capitol staffers and lawmakers. Then it released a scathing report. The most damning observation? The Pennsylvania General Assembly will “meddle with, obfuscate, ignore or kill every recommendation,” and if the Legislature were “left to its own devices, is utterly incapable of reforming itself.”
Sixteen years later, PennLive's Tirzah Christopher found that leaders implemented none of the report’s recommendations, including consolidating IT services and print shops, moves that experts say would save taxpayers millions.
Read more: pennlive.com/politics/2026/07/screw-you-taxpayers-judge-says-pa-legislature-ignored-money-saving-reforms.html
