Government
Pennsylvanians Say They’re Fed Up With Secrecy And Manipulation Surrounding Redistricting
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Citizens think the state’s redistricting process is broken and corrupt, manipulated by politicians for their own gain, and lacks transparency.
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For PA Sheriffs, New “Protection From Abuse” Law Means More Guns To Store
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In Columbia County, for example, the sheriff’s storage area was at 90 percent capacity as state lawmakers debated the PFA law last year in Harrisburg.
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Creating A Fairer Map: PA Redistricting Reform Panel Kicks Off Public Input Tour
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Pennsylvania will redraw its congressional and legislative districts after the 2020 census – and there’s a renewed push to change the rules before that happens.
Government
After Years Of Debate, PA Taxpayers Still Fund State Troopers In Towns Without Cops
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About 1,300 Pennsylvania communities don’t have their own police departments and rely instead on state police. But they don’t pay anything for the service – and it costs state taxpayers nearly half a billion dollars every year.
Elections
Turnout Up Everywhere In PA Since The Last Midterm
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Pennsylvania’s turnout jumped from 43 percent in 2014 to 58 percent in this year’s midterm.
News
PA’s Tenth Congressional District’s A Toss-up: How We Got Here
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(Undated) — Organizers weren’t sure, initially, whether U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-10, would appear in-person for the Cumberland 9/12 Patriots’ candidates forum in Carlisle last spring.
News
A Combative Campaign In Pennsylvania’s Coal Region
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KEYSTONE CROSSROADS — Candidates in Pennsylvania’s Ninth Congressional District held their final debate at WVIA in Pittston Tuesday night, concluding a race marked recently by personal attacks.
News
US Supreme Court Rejects GOP Appeal Over Changes To PA’S Congressional Map
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KEYSTONE CROSSROADS — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider another appeal by Republican state lawmakers over this year’s changes to Pennsylvania’s congressional district map.
Government
PA Lawmakers Advance Redistricting Overhaul As Deadline Looms
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STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA — State lawmakers have advanced a bill that would change the state’s constitution to put its congressional district map in the hands of an citizens’ commission, one whose 11 members would be chosen by elected officials.
News
Voter Turnout In PA Primary Up Slightly From 2014
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(KEYSTONE CROSSROADS) — Voter turnout was 18 percent in the Pennsylvania’s primary election earlier this week – three points higher than the last midterm primaries in 2014, but about a point lower than the average for the past several such elections.