Kathleen Kane

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Mr. Corbett, It’s Time to Clean House

It’s time for Gov. Corbett to clean house. That’s an odd thing to say about an elected official who gives every sign of being a […]

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Corbett to Kane: Give Me All The Pornographic Emails You Have

It’s rare that a state’s governor asks the attorney general for her stash of porn, but that’s the current situation in Pennsylvania. After AG Kathleen […]

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Those Racy Emails: What They’re Saying

Note: This post contains mildly detailed descriptions of the racy emails shared by state officials. Attorney General Kathleen Kane took the lid off a burgeoning […]

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Pennsylvania Defending Lawsuit by Blaming Woman for Her Own Rape

A 24-year-old was working at the Rockland state prison in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania prison as a typist when she was attacked and raped by an inmate. […]

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Racy Emails Prompted Discrimination Complaint

It’s starting to sound like the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office was a bit of a frat house when Tom Corbett was in charge. The Pittsburgh […]

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Report: Probe Discovered Explicit Emails in AG’s Office

Kathleen Kane never did find evidence that Tom Corbett slowed his Jerry Sandusky probe for political gain. But her investigators, it turns out, found something […]

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Kane’s Office the Target of Leak Probe

Kathleen Kane has more trouble on her hands. It’s been a quiet few months for the controversial Pennsylvania attorney general, but an old scandal is […]

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In Interview, Kathleen Kane Defends Her Work

A couple of months removed from intense criticism over A) her choice to abandon a sting operation that had caught several Philly Democrats taking money […]

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Kathleen Kane’s New Press Secretary Has Already Quit

A week after Scranton newspaper columnist Chris Kelly announced he would join Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s staff as a spokesman, he has changed his mind. […]

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Newspaper Columnist Joins Kathleen Kane’s Staff

Chris Kelly, a columnist at the Scranton Times-Tribune, is going to work for Attorney General Kathleen Kane as her press secretary. He said farewell to […]

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Two Charged With Stealing $3.6 Million from PennDOT

Two men are charged with stealing $3.6 million from PennDOT, money taken by billing the agency for work never done and supplies never purchased. Thanh Nguyen, […]

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State Probes Philly Lawmakers Targeted in Abandoned Sting

The State Ethics Commission is examining four Philly-based lawmakers who reportedly took money in a sting operation later abandoned by Attorney General Kathleen Kane, one […]

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You Could Be Getting Money Back from Apple — Eventually

Yesterday, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced a proposed settlement with Apple over its involvement in e-book price fixing. The settlement still needs to be […]

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Kathleen Kane Investigating Donation Made by IBEW 98 to Reading Mayor

WFMZ in Allentown reports that Attorney General Kathleen Kane is investigating alleged campaign finance violations from 2011 involving Philadelphia’s powerful IBEW 98 union, two Philadelphia politicians, […]

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Kathleen Kane, Exxon Face Off Over Fracking

The Wall Street Journal reports that Exxon is pushing back hard against pollution charges — stemming from a 2010 spill — by saying that Pennsylvania […]