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How a Steelers owner wrote big campaign checks days after $100 million investment from Pa.’s largest pension fund

For 25 years, reformers have been trying to stamp out pay to-play in pension-fund investments and the bond business. But critics say the problem has only grown worse.

Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert (left) talks with minority owner Thomas Tull during warmups before an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2018.
Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert (left) talks with minority owner Thomas Tull during warmups before an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2018.Read moreAP