Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania voters have approved two ballot questions that would curtail the governor’s emergency powers, a victory for Republican lawmakers
Pennsylvanians chose to curb those emergency powers Tuesday in a vote that will limit emergency declarations to 21 days and require a majority vote by the legislature to extend them.
While conversation around the change has largely focused on Gov. Tom Wolf s emergency pandemic response, Tuesday s vote will also impact recovery efforts for disasters like hurricanes and snow storms hazards Monroe County Emergency Management predicts will occur more frequently as the climate continues to change.
How this week s amendments will change recovery efforts in Monroe County is still being determined. We re trying to figure it out on here on our end, based on what we re hearing from PEMA, said Monroe County Emergency Management director Maryellen Keegan.
Pennsylvania’s governor declared a state of emergency in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Ballot questions in the state’s Tuesday’s primary will determine if state lawmakers could intervene in similar declarations moving forward.
This Feb. 5, 2019, file photo shows the dome of the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CN) After spending over a year in a state of emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Pennsylvania voters will have a chance to determine whether the governor should unilaterally hold the power to make and extend emergency declarations in the state’s primary election Tuesday.
Next week, nearly a year since the George Floyd killing, Pennsylvania voters will decide whether to make greater anti-discrimination protections explicit in the.