Government Accountability
Court will now decide fate of Pa. congressional map — as Wolf, Republicans can’t find compromise
The Pa. Supreme Court will now decide the shape of the state’s 18 congressional districts, as Democratic ...
7 years ago
Timeline: The battle over Pennsylvania’s congressional district map
Pennsylvania’s congressional map has been recognized nationally as having some of the starkest examples of gerrymandering in the countr ...
7 years ago
New group asks: Can Pa. citizens play their way to better district maps?
Draw the Lines is making professional digital mapping tools available to the public and creating a competition for mapmakers.
7 years ago
How difficult is it to redistrict Pennsylvania? ‘Not very,’ say area eighth-graders
Pennsylvania’s contentious congressional map has spurred disagreement among the state judiciary, lawmakers, and the governor. Yet students came up with several solutions.
7 years ago
Listen 3:26Wolf administration rejects GOP congressional map proposal [updated]
The interactive map above shows the boundaries of Pennsylvania’s 18 congressional districts as propos ...
7 years ago
Listen 1:18Some political analysts have raised red flags about partisanship within the proposed map.
7 years ago
GRAPHIC: Pa. Republican leaders propose new congressional map on eve of deadline
UPDATE: Hours before the state Supreme Court-imposed deadli ...
7 years ago
Friday is the court-imposed deadline for the Pennsylvania legislature to agree on a new ...
7 years ago
Listen 0:00Pa. legislature will miss redistricting deadline, but negotiations may continue
Republican leaders in Pennsylvania’s House and Senate said Thursday evening it is impossible for them to pass a new congressional map before the state Supreme Court’s Friday.
7 years ago
Pa. Supreme Court details violation of voter rights in full opinion striking down congressional map
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court found that the state’s congressional district map deprives voters’ of their right to “free and equal” elections.
7 years ago
Third of Pa. delegation decamping U.S. House, leaving six seats up for grabs
Pennsylvania will have at least six open congressional seats in the upcoming midterm election as one incumbent after another has decided not to run again.
7 years ago
Responding to charges of bias in the state gerrymandering lawsuit, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Chr ...
7 years ago
U.S. Supreme Court will let Pennsylvania ruling stand in gerrymandering case
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has denied the request for a stay on the ruling overturning ...
7 years ago
Republicans say Pa. justice’s campaign rhetoric taints redistricting ruling
Lawyers for the state GOP filed an application Friday afternoon calling on the court to disqualify Justice David Wecht from the case.
7 years ago
GOP leaders vow to ignore court order in Pa. gerrymandering case
The court says if lawmakers don’t redraw the maps and submit them to Gov. Tom Wolf, the justices will redraw them.
7 years ago
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