SCRANTON TIMES-TRIBUNE Editorial: Given the history of corruption that has plagued the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, it is remarkable that it is being entrusted with investigating itself…
The Turnpike Commission doesn’t do anything that the state Department of Transportation can’t do, except conduct highway business under different rules, with less direct legislative and public scrutiny.
Lawmakers should bring the turnpike into the fold of direct accountability and scrutiny by approving a House bill to merge the commission and PennDOT… (more)
