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Pennsylvania’s 36th State House District has seen its share of political drama since former longtime state Rep. Harry Readshaw, D-Carrick, announced his retirement in 2020. Readshaw’s retirement triggered a controversial race that included a Democratic candidate who had praised former President Donald Trump, yet was still supported by the Allegheny
Rep. Jessica Benham, the first openly autistic and openly out LGBTQ woman in the state Legislature, is making her mark in Harrisburg.
Stephanie Fox, a former member of Brentwood borough council and one-time Congressional candidate, will be challenging state Rep. Jessica Benham in the 36th state House district.
. The payments, known as “per diems,” have long been criticized as an unnecessary largesse for the country’s largest full-time legislature, which pays the third-highest salaries for state lawmakers in the country. A Spotlight PA analysis of legislative records found lawmakers requested and received $726,877 from the beginning of March — as the pandemic emerged — through the end of 2020 as reimbursement for lodging and meals while traveling to and from the Capitol or other meetings across the state. Rep. Mark Longietti, D-Mercer County, pocketed the most per-diem money at $24,115, fo...