News PA’s Taxpayer-Funded System For Lawmaker Perks Is Ripe For Abuse By Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA and Sam Janesch, Mike Wereschagin, and Brad Bumsted of The Caucus Published August 9, 2021 at 4:27 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Despite warnings from good-government advocates and even some inside the Capitol that the state’s reimbursement systems are ripe for abuse, Republican leadership has failed to move reforms.