Despite good salaries, pensions, and health care paid by taxpayers, some of Pennsylvania’s elected magisterial district judges enjoy short days and light workloads. • Spotlight PA

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Despite good salaries, pensions, and health care paid by taxpayers, some of Pennsylvania’s elected magisterial district judges enjoy short days and light workloads.

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Short Days, Big Benefits

About our Short Days, Big Benefits coverage

Some local Pa. judges enjoy light workloads as taxpayers pay millions for salaries, pensions, health care

by Daniel Simmons-Ritchie of Spotlight PA and Christine Vendel of PennLive

A yearlong investigation by PennLive and Spotlight PA found huge variations in how much time each judge spends in the courtroom. Many also work second jobs as lawyers, business owners.

See how often your local Pa. district judges are actually in the courtroom

by Daniel Simmons-Ritchie of Spotlight PA

Piles of records and months of reporting lead to eye-opening report on Pa. district judges

by Daniel Simmons-Ritchie of Spotlight PA and Christine Vendel of PennLive

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