Law enforcement agencies have launched investigations into executive branch office holders in:

• Allentown

• Harrisburg

• Reading

And Harrisburg’s former treasurer: embezzler.

Power corrupts in other “quasi-governmental” entities, too.

‘[The buyers] pay massive amounts of money to municipalities, but the upfront payment is not because of corporations giving away money; it’s because they see an investment opportunity.’

In Pennsylvania city, the poor are paying the price for a bad water deal