DePasquale: $4 billion shifted from PennDOT to state police since 2012 could fix roads, bridges

PennDOT has had to send more than $4 billion to the state police since 2012, money that could have gone to fixing crumbling bridges and roads, Pennsylvania’s auditor general said Thursday.Auditor General Eugene DePasquale unveiled an audit of PennDOT that found the agency, at the direction of the state Legislature, has had to divert $4.25 billion from the motor license fund to state police over the last six years even though, under the state constitution, proceeds are supposed [...]