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In this 2017 photo, protesters in Harrisburg call on lawmakers to support redistricting reform. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Congressional redistricting bill in Pa. Senate pits purists vs. realists

After ...

7 years ago

The State Capitol Building in Harrisburg. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

With deadline looming, Pa. redistricting overhaul attempts are still scattershot

There's a hard July 6 deadline for lawmakers to pass the measure through both chambers. If they don't make it, the redistricting process stays as-is for another decade.

7 years ago

Scott Wagner has resigned his Senate seat early to devote more time to running for governor. (AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Scott Wagner gives conciliatory farewell speech, departs Pa. Senate

The now-former York County lawmaker sent leadership his resignation last week, saying he wants to devote more time to running against incumbent Democrat Tom Wolf.

7 years ago

Ashley Oleson, with the League of Women Voters of Maryland, carries signs of the state's districts, before oral arguments in the Supreme Court in March.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

On heels of Pa. congressional map changes, U.S. Supreme Court to rule on gerrymandering

This month the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to deliver two highly anticipated decisions on cases involving partisan gerrymandering.

7 years ago

Listen 04:20
Jeff Miller
Politics & Policy

New swamp: Ex-Perry adviser lobbies for energy firm bailout

At a West Virginia rally on tax cuts, President Donald Trump veered off on a subject that likely puzzled most of his audience.

7 years ago

Congressional districts in Southeastern Pennsylvania as they were adopted in 2011 and then ruled unconstitutional by the Pa. Supreme Court in January 2018.  (Google Maps)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Ohio advocates find Pa. ‘instructive’ in quest to overturn congressional map

Advocates for changing congressional maps are looking to Pennsylvania’s recent redistricting case as an examp ...

7 years ago

Members of Fair Districts PA, which advocates for redistricting reform, rally on the Capitol steps. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. lawmakers advance redistricting reforms as June deadline looms

Pennsylvania lawmakers have advanced a bill that would change the state’s constitution to put its congressional district map in the ...

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson County (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. GOP Senator pushes for redistricting, open primaries

Scarnati is throwing his weight behind a few measures that have been more commonly championed by Democrats.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump shows a chart highlighting arms sales to Saudi Arabia during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Washington.
Politics & Policy

The princes, the president and the fortune seekers

Elliott Broidy, a top fundraiser for President Trump, spent a year cultivating two princes from the Arabian Peninsula, hoping to nail down over $1 billion in business.

7 years ago

The Harrisburg Incinerator on South 19th Street, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. suing firms, professionals involved in Harrisburg incinerator fiasco

Nearly a dozen capital-region firms and professionals are being sued over their involvement in financial ...

7 years ago

Clockwise from top left: Jess King (D), Madeleine Dean (D), Pearl Kim (R), Susan Wild (D), Chrissy Houlahan (D), Mary Gay Scanlon (D), Bibiana Boerio (D), and Susan Boser (D) won primary races for Pennsylvania congressional seats in the 2018 midterm. (Photos courtesy of campaigns, Emily Cohen/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. women poised to make history in congressional delegation after primary victories

For the past few years, only men have been in Pennsylvania’s 18 member congressional delegation, but after Tuesday's primary, that's almost guaranteed to change in 2019.

7 years ago

Listen 05:22
A voter fills out his ballot on election day (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Voter turnout in Pa. primary up slightly from last midterm

Voter turnout was 18 percent in the Pennsylvania’s primary election earlier this week – three points higher than the last midterm pri ...

7 years ago

(WHYY file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Primary day is first test of Pa.’s redrawn congressional map

Pennsylvania voters are heading to the polls Tuesday for the first election under a new congressional map that’s expected to yield ...

7 years ago

People cast their votes at a polling location in South Philadelphia.  (AP File Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

On primary day, Republicans and Democrats agree new congressional map may cause confusion

Both Republicans and Democrats expect some party members to show up to the polls on Tuesday and be surprised to learn that their congressional district has changed.

7 years ago

Listen 03:18
Gov. Tom Wolf aide, Yesenia Bane, speaking on a panel discussion at the Marcellus Shale Coalition's Shale Insight conference in 2016 in Pittsburgh. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

Ethics investigation of Wolf aide advances; gas industry conflict of interest alleged

The State Ethics Commission is moving ahead with a full investigation of Governor Tom Wolf’s deputy chief of staff, Yesenia Bane.

7 years ago

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