HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: A former board member of the multibillion-dollar charity that controls The Hershey Co. has made a $100,000 campaign contribution to Kathleen Kane, the Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania attorney general, reports made public Monday show…
[Robert] Reese, a grandson of the man who created Reese’s peanut-butter cups, is a former member of the boards of the Hershey Trust and the school for disadvantaged children that it benefits.
He sued the trust over alleged financial improprieties last year, a few months after the attorney general’s office revealed it was conducting a civil investigation of transactions by the trust. The trust sought dismissal of the lawsuit, denying any wrongdoing. Reese later withdrew it… (more)
