The data needed to redraw Pennsylvania’s political districts is more than five months behind schedule, raising concerns among advocates for fair maps that
Lawmakers will likely get half as much time to draw the state’s new legislative and congressional maps, worrying advocates who have long fought for a more open process.
Lawmakers will likely get half as much time to draw the state’s new legislative and congressional maps, worrying advocates who have long fought for a more open process.
Pa. voters will have a say on curbing governor’s emergency declaration powers
Updated Feb 06, 2021;
Posted Feb 06, 2021
The state House of Representatives cast the final vote needed to get three proposed constitutional amendments on the May 18 primary ballot, two of them seek to curb the governor s powers in emergency disasters that arose out of Gov. Tom Wolf s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Now it is up to voters to decide whether Pennsylvania’s General Assembly should have a say in how long a governor’s emergency disaster declarations should last.