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In Pa., redrawing the districts to correspond with population shifts identified by the 2020 census will have a particularly unpredictable effect on congressional districts.

Next month, Pennsylvania voters will decide a pair of constitutional amendments to limit disaster emergency declarations to three weeks, rather than three months.

Although he hasn’t dabbled in politics before, Baumlin says he believes the skills he has developed in the health care sector are relevant.

Four of Pennsylvania’s most powerful lawmakers are accepting applications to chair the redistricting commission, and advocates are hoping for independence.

Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner says Gov. Wolf’s latest education funding proposal amounts to “the kind of anti-crime legislation that works.”

New Jersey. New York. Virginia. One by one, Pennsylvania’s neighbors are moving to legalize recreational cannabis for adults.

The state now requires counties to hold nine days of early, in-person machine voting ending the Sunday before Election Day in November.

Biden at first backed a modification — but not elimination — of the filibuster. But he then suggested, at least on certain issues, he would go further.

Ward announced Monday that the Wolf administration's failure to advertise a proposed constitutional amendment doesn't justify using the emergency amendment process.

The measure is expected to pass the House but faces long odds in the Senate, leading some advocates to call for the end of the legislative filibuster.

Keir Bradford-Grey will become a partner at Center City law firm Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP, where she’ll run an executive leadership practice group.

More Senate Democrats are calling for abolishing the filibuster. We discuss the pros and cons to eliminating this increasingly used legislative delay and blocking mechanism.

Visitors must wear a mask and adhere to social distancing, while the Capitol Police will maintain increased patrols.

The Senate voted 51-40 Monday to confirm the Democratic Congresswoman to lead the Interior Department.

President Biden has found several highly accomplished economists who are not just women but are also Black, and has placed them in top posts in his administration.