By Aneri Pattani of KHN & Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA
Ian Kalinowski’s brother, Adam, died by suicide in 2014 while he was a client at a treatment center run by Addiction Specialists Inc.
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When Ian Kalinowski was at work, his mom usually texted him. So when he saw her number show up as an incoming call around lunchtime one Tuesday, he figured it had to be important.
Now, more than seven years later, he remembers her screams, the shock, and the questions she asked over and over again.
“Why are they saying this to me? Why are they lying to me?” Ian recalled his mom asking. “They’re telling me Adam’s dead. Why would they do this to me?”
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When Ian Kalinowski was at work, his mom usually texted him. So when he saw her number show up as an incoming call around lunchtime one Tuesday, he figured it had to be important.
Now, more than seven years later, he remembers her screams, the shock, and the questions she asked over and over again.
“Why are they saying this to me? Why are they lying to me?” Ian recalled his mom asking. “They’re telling me Adam’s dead. Why would they do this to me?”
Fundamental flaws: Pa. addiction treatment providers face little state scrutiny despite harm to clients
Aneri Pattani of KHN and Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA
This investigation is a joint project of KHN, a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues, and Spotlight PA, an independent, collaborative newsroom dedicated to producing investigative journalism for all of Pennsylvania.
When Ian Kalinowski was at work, his mom usually texted him. So when he saw her number show up as an incoming call around lunchtime one Tuesday, he figured it had to be important.
Now, more than seven years later, he remembers her screams, the shock, and the questions she asked over and over again.
The owner of a State College-based mechanical contractor will serve time in jail after pleading guilty in March to charges that his company underpaid workers’ wages and benefits for prevailing-wage jobs over five years.
Clearfield County President Judge Fredric J. Ammerman on Monday sentenced Scott Good, the founder and owner of Goodco Mechanical, to a minimum of 120 days in county jail, as well as three years of probation, 200 hours of community service, and a fine. Goodco was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and, as part of a plea agreement with the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, will pay more than $64,000 in restitution.
Bob Fernandez of The Inquirer and Charlotte Keith of Spotlight PA
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For over a year, lawyer Bob Heist, then-chairman of the Milton Hershey School’s board, says he sought internal financial records detailing the spending history of the $17 billion charity, which has a mission to educate low-income students for free.
He now says he is being denied records he needs as a board member charged with overseeing the Pennsylvania boarding school’s operations, and earlier this month he sued the school to obtain the documents. It’s an extremely unusual step for a sitting board member, taken against an extremely unusual institution: The Milton Hershey School is the wealthiest precollege educational institution in the United States. It controls 80% of the Hershey Co. candy giant’s voting s