Apr 14, 2021
HARRISBURG (AP) A pandemic power struggle that has raged for a year between Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor and its Republican-led Legislature will land on voters’ laps next month in the form of two proposed constitutional amendments that could limit the length of disaster emergencies.
There are four statewide ballot questions being decided during the May 18 primary. The others would put anti-discrimination language into the state constitution and give paid fire and rescue departments the same borrowing power that volunteer departments have had for decades.
Republicans wasted little time getting the disaster emergency questions onto the ballot after losing a court ruling in July over a similar resolution that would have ended Gov. Tom Wolf’s disaster declaration. Constitutional amendments must pass both chambers in two consecutive, two-year sessions but do not require the governor’s backing.
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The pandemic power struggle that’s raged for a year between Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor and its Republican-led Legislature will land on voters’.
By Mark Scolforo | Associated Press
• 4 hours ago Amy Sisk / 90.5 WESA
A pandemic power struggle that has raged for a year between Pennsylvania s Democratic governor and its Republican-led Legislature will land on voters laps next month in the form of two proposed constitutional amendments that could limit the length of disaster emergencies.
There are four statewide ballot questions being decided during the May 18 primary. The others would put anti-discrimination language into the state constitution and give paid fire and rescue departments the same borrowing power that volunteer departments have had for decades.
Republicans wasted little time getting the disaster emergency questions onto the ballot after losing a court ruling in July over a similar resolution that would have ended Gov. Tom Wolf s disaster declaration. Constitutional amendments must pass both chambers in two consecutive, two-year sessions but do not require the governor s backing
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