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The Pennsylvania House on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill to require legislators’ expenses – including mileage, per diems, meals and rent for district offices – be posted online.

The state lawmakers charged with redrawing Pennsylvania’s congressional and legislative districts may soon do something not seen in the commonwealth’s recent history: use two significantly different sets of data to draw state and federal election maps.

The measure passed in a 3-2 vote after two hours of calm, but pointed, debate.

Because of census data delays, lawmakers have only a few months to create final congressional and legislative maps in time for the spring 2022 primary.

Because of census data delays, lawmakers have only a few months to create final congressional and legislative maps in time for the spring 2022 primary.

State lawmakers will soon be able to start redrawing Pennsylvania’s political boundaries now that the U.S. Census Bureau has released detailed computerized data from last year’s population count.

HARRISBURG — After months of delays, the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday delivered the population data needed to redraw Pennsylvania’s political maps, officially setting off a process that will help

“We’re hopeful that we can get through this process, but the census information coming at such a late time has really put us behind schedule."

AP Legislative leaders on the five-person group redrawing state lawmakers district lines based on census data heard Tuesday how the delay in the release of updated population figures may require them to move more quickly than anticipated. Comprehensive census numbers might not reach the states Legislative Reapportionment Commission before the end of September, and counties need the new maps by Jan. 24 in order to provide the requisite information to candidates and others circulating nominating ...