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A report issued Wednesday found lacking oversight and systemic failures – not willful disregard – within the Pennsylvania Department of State resulted in a botched constitutional amendment.
No malfeasance behind Pennsylvania’s botched constitutional amendment: Report Christen Smith, The Center Square © Provided by Washington Examiner A report issued Wednesday found lacking oversight and systemic failures – not willful disregard – within the Pennsylvania Department of State resulted in a botched constitutional amendment. The Office of the State Inspector General’s probe of the incident found no evidence of “deliberate or intentional malfeasance” at play when department staffers forgot to advertise a proposed constitutional amendment that would open ...
There seems to be only one thing people of both political parties can agree on -- our legislative process is broken. Compromise is rare, most elections have pre-ordained winners, and incumbents feel free to ignore constituents who disagree with them. Fortunately, we have an opportunity to fix the problem once and for all. We can restore Wisconsinâs reputation as a state that works by and for the people, and we have introduced legislation that can do just that. We are two elected officials who unequivocally believe that politicians should not draw political maps, which is why we are i...
OPINIONÂ Â There seems to be only one thing people of both political parties can agree on â our legislative process is broken. Compromise is rare, most elections have pre-ordained winners and incumbents feel free to ignore constituents who disagree with them. Fortunately we have an opportunity to fix the problem once and for all. We can restore Wisconsinâs reputation as a state that works by and for the people, and we have introduced legislation that can do just that. We are two elected officials who unequivocally believe politicians should not draw political maps, which is why ...
Read Article A bill that would have Maine voters elect the state’s attorney general, treasurer and secretary of state gained bipartisan support in the Legislature’s State and Local Government Committee on Wednesday. “This is long overdue in this state and I’m glad we are moving forward,” said Sen. Joe Baldacci, D-Bangor, Senate chair of the committee and primary sponsor of the bill. The committee also killed off or voted down several variants of the legislation Wednesday. Baldacci’s bill has gained broad bipartisan support and was endorsed by the committee 7-3 Wednesday, with thr...