Bills creating an independent redistricting commission offer safeguards against extreme partisan map-drawing. But House Majority Leader Matt Bradford won't even allow a hearing on HB 31.
HARRISBURG, PA — The case of whether the way Pennsylvania's legislative districts are drawn to give to give one party an unfair advantage over another, moved forward Monday. The League of Women voters ...
Imagine a Superbowl where referees grant their favorite team first downs after just eight yards and the opposing team after the normal ten. Enraged fans would storm the field. Yet this is the football ...
What is gerrymandering? And why does it matter to residents of Schuylkill County? Those are the questions Duncan MacLean, a local volunteer with Fair Districts PA, intends to answer with a public ...
POTTSVILLE — When power in the state government is concentrated in the hands of a few party leaders, many bills introduced in the General Assembly don’t get voted down — they never get a chance to ...
This is the first in a series of articles about the Pennsylvania Constitution and efforts of the Citizens Redistricting ...
Part 3. In Civics Lesson 2, it was clear that the reapportionment commission and process, as outlined in our PA Constitution, Article 2, section 17, should be greatly improved upo ...