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Journalists Roundtable: June 14, 2018
On Wednesday, the Senate passed a constitutional amendment on redistricting. The measure was originally drafted to apply to Congressional and General Assembly districts, but was amended to create judicial districts for the first time to elect members of the state’s three appellate courts by region as opposed to statewide. The Senate State Government Committee changed a House-passed constitutional amendment that reduced the size of both the House (to 151) and Senate (to 38) by stripping out the Senate section. That House-only reduction passed last session. If it would pass again this session in identical form, it could be placed on the ballot for voters to decide. Retaining the Senate section would mean the process starts anew – an identical bill would need to pass again in the 2019-20 legislative term. Those proposals and other legislative activity will be discussed by guests Steve Esack, Harrisburg Correspondent with The Morning Call; Stephen Caruso, Harrisburg Bureau Chief with The PLS Reporter; and Brad Bumsted, Harrisburg Bureau Chief with The Caucus. Our host is Brian Lockman.
PA Budget
In this final month before the budget deadline, negotiations between the General Assembly and Governor continue. Darren Smith, Senior Associate, and Steve Crawford, President of Wojdak Government Relations, let us know about the process, and the issues that are going to be most important to getting this budget done on time.
PA Budget with Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa
Governor Tom Wolf is proposing a spending plan of $33 billion for Pennsylvania’s next fiscal year. That represents an increase of $1 billion above the current budget. Tax collections being up and the deficit being down both contribute to the governor’s optimism that the budget will be completed by deadline at the end of the […]
Redistricting
The state Senate debated a redistricting measure Tuesday that would create an 11-member redistricting commission, and added an amendment that would have the commission draw statewide appellate judicial districts for the first time in state history. New Congressional districts were drawn by the state Supreme Court for the 2018 Primary Election after they overruled maps […]
New Voting System
In April, the PA Department of State told counties to have new voting systems in place by end of 2019. Senate State Government Committee Chairs, Sen. Mike Folmer and Sen. Anthony Williams, and Douglas Hill, Executive Director of the County Commission Association of PA, tell us what it’s been like working on getting the new […]
PA Budget with Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman
Governor Tom Wolf says his natural gas severance tax proposal should be an “easy lift” for lawmakers as the June 30 deadline for the state budget draws near. But the Republican majority in the legislature would disagree; they’ve rejected the idea on three previous occasions. Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman explains the spending priorities that […]
PA Budget with Minority Appropriations Chair Joe Markosek
“We seem to be in a pretty good spot,” says Governor Tom Wolf about the state’s financial affairs. He has reasons to be optimistic. Tax collections are up and the deficit is down. For the fourth consecutive year, he’s hoping lawmakers will embrace his plan to make natural gas drillers pay a new tax. Representative […]
PA Books: The Loyal Son: The War in Ben Franklin’s House
In The Loyal Son, award-winning historian Daniel Mark Epstein throws the spotlight on one of the more enigmatic aspects of Franklin’s biography: his complex and confounding relationship with his illegitimate son William. When he was twenty-four, Franklin fathered a child with a woman who was not his wife. He adopted the boy, raised him, and […]
Journalists Roundtable, June 7, 2018
On Wednesday, Gov. Tom Wolf held a press conference to sign an executive order on gender pay equity, which requires the state to pay male and female employees equal pay for the same job. The state budget deadline is June 30, and we’ll get an update where we are in that process with about three weeks to go. Also, House Majority Leader Dave Reed has introduced a reapportionment bill and an open primaries bill, which have been referred to the House Rules Committee, which Reed chairs. Meanwhile, the Senate positioned its own redistricting commission bill for a floor vote as soon as next week. A school safety hotline bill passed the Senate and now goes to the House. Those issues and other legislative activity will be discussed by guests Chris Comisac, Bureau Chief at Capitolwire.com; Tony Romeo, Harrisburg Bureau Chief with KYW 1060AM Philadelphia and KDKA 1020AM Pittsburgh; and John Finnerty, Harrisburg Bureau Chief for Community Newspaper Holdings. He writes for the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, Meadville Tribune, New Castle News, Sharon Herald and Sunbury Daily Item newspapers. Our host is Larry Kaspar.
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