A settlement agreement has been reached between the state of Pennsylvania and the contractors who provided $1 million in security upgrades to Governor Josh Shapiro’s private home in Abington Township, according to a memo released on Friday.
The Office of Attorney General said it approved the agreement “in order to pay the contractor and shield the Commonwealth from further litigation which would have likely increased the cost that would be borne by the taxpayers for this contract.”
The security upgrades were precipitated by the arson attack in Harrisburg last April and were first announced in October 2025. In November, the Pennsylvania Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee subpoenaed Pennsylvania State Police and Abington Township for more specifics regarding the upgrades, which were said to include “erecting physical and visual barriers on the property, installing enhanced security technology, and other steps”…