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Ford Turner

Ford Turner was the Capitol correspondent and an investigative reporter for The Morning Call from 2019 to 2023.

The Pennsylvania Capitol stands Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in Harrisburg. (Matt Rourke/Associated Press file)

Primary competition: What fuels candidates’ bids for a seat in Pa. legislature

March 9, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.

Overall — and with the possibility that the numbers might still change — there are 171 Democratic candidates for the House and 163 Republicans, along with 23 Republican and 21...

State House and Capitol Building in Harrisburg. (Dave Newman/Dreamstime/TNS)

Pa. budget standoff cousting courts millions of dollars

September 7, 2023 at 11:10 a.m.

Authorization under state law for a pair of surcharges totaling $21.25 that the court system usually collects on many types of filings expired on July 31. While lawmakers and Gov....

Mail ballots in Lehigh County during the 2022 election. (Matt Smith / For Spotlight PA)

Pa. election debate on precanvassing mail ballots confronts new governor, Legislature

February 3, 2023 at 5:02 p.m.

Several years of debate have failed to give counties something they want - more time to precanvass mail ballots before elections - but with new state leadership, there is hope...

A glass case inside the Pennsylvania Treasury Department vault contains some of the 500 military decorations and memorabilia items the department wants to return to rightful owners. (Ford Turner/The Morning Call)

Lehigh Valley woman gets ‘awesome’ surprise with return of father’s Army dog tags; Pa. Treasury has 500 other unclaimed military items

February 1, 2023 at 3:02 p.m.

A Lehigh Valley woman recently got a big surprise thanks to the unclaimed property program run by the Pennsylvania Treasury Department.

Pa. Sen. Lisa Boscola proposes funding for ‘adequate number’ of election drop boxes and letting family members drop off ballots

February 1, 2023 at 6:18 a.m.

State Sen. Lisa Boscola is proposing a county grant program for election drop boxes and letting family members put mail ballots in those boxes.

A nurse practitioner takes a sample from a patient near Erie early in 2020, as the pandemic began to worsen. Pennsylvania has a severe shortage of health care staff, a problem that only got worse during the pandemic. (Christopher Millette/Erie Times-News via AP)

Pa. hospitals call on Gov. Josh Shapiro to address state’s health care worker shortage, said to be among worst in nation

January 24, 2023 at 7:38 p.m.

Citing Pennsylvania's dubious distinction of having some of the most severe shortages of health care professionals in the nation, hospitals want Gov. Josh Shapiro and lawmakers to act. The Hospital...

A note to utility workers left by a homeowner worried by gas odors is visible on Friday as PECO workers excavate at North Washington and West streets in Pottstown on Friday. (Ford Turner/The Morning Call)

With no answers, Pottstown neighbors worried by gas odors near site of fatal house explosion. ‘I am afraid we are going to blow up’

January 21, 2023 at 12:12 p.m.

About eight months after a fatal explosion tore apart a home a block away, Brigitte Yeager felt scared Friday morning by a smell of gas, the lack of an explanation...

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