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The ‘messy’ case at the center of a western PA Attorney General candidate’s ad

By Anna Orso

March 28, 2016

Stephen Zappala is "the only DA in our state to convict an on-duty police officer of criminal homicide."

Rep. Joe Pitts said 2015 saw an 80% increase in people who died as a result of terrorism

By Anna Orso

March 22, 2016

"More people were killed by terrorists in 2015 than in any other year ever, after an 80 percent increase from 2014."

Hunting Park: After $5M in fixes, is the area that much safer?

By Anna Orso

March 10, 2016

"When the City and the Fairmount Park Conservancy invested $5 million in Hunting Park, crime went down 89 percent within a half mile radius of…

If lawmakers don’t address PA’s deficit, would 23,000 educators be ‘immediately’ laid off?

By Anna Orso

February 12, 2016

If the General Assembly does not address the state's structural deficit, "more than 23,000 education professionals will be immediately yanked out of Pennsylvania schools."

Joe Sestak says Pat Toomey voted against ‘every’ veterans appropriations bill since 2002; did he?

By Anna Orso

February 8, 2016

Says Pat Toomey visited Joe Sestak and other veterans in 2002 "and then came home and voted against every veterans appropriations bill."

Latest Fact Checks By Anna Orso

The ‘messy’ case at the center of a western PA Attorney General candidate’s ad

Rep. Joe Pitts said 2015 saw an 80% increase in people who died as a result of terrorism

Hunting Park: After $5M in fixes, is the area that much safer?

If lawmakers don’t address PA’s deficit, would 23,000 educators be ‘immediately’ laid off?

Joe Sestak says Pat Toomey voted against ‘every’ veterans appropriations bill since 2002; did he?