Episode 14: Looking back at a very political 2018

This week's guests are Marc Levy of the AP and Liz Navratil of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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  Katie Meyer was WITF’s Capitol Bureau Chief from 2016-2020. While at WITF, she covered all things state politics for public radio stations throughout Pennsylvania. Katie came to Harrisburg by way of New York City, where she worked at Fordham University’s public radio station, WFUV, as an anchor, general assignment reporter, and co-host of an original podcast. A 2016 graduate of Fordham, she earned several awards for her work at WFUV, including four 2016 Gracies.
  
  Katie is a native New Yorker, though she originally hails from Troy, a little farther up the Hudson River. She can attest that the bagels are still pretty good there.
  
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The state Capitol building in Harrisburg.

A lot happened in politics this year.

2018 started with the state Supreme Court throwing out Pennsylvania’s congressional map and redrawing it to give Democrats a better shot—a controversial decision that reverberated for the rest of the year.

This summer, a massive grand jury report on decades of abuse within the state’s Roman Catholic dioceses was released, became international news, and caused a political furor that’s still not over.

In November, Pennsylvania and its redrawn congressional map played a key role in Democrats taking control of the US House of Representatives. Democrats also held on to top statewide offices and dominated races in the Philadelphia suburbs, cutting into GOP majorities in the state legislature.

And that’s just the beginning.

Joining us this week to recap all the greatest state politics hits of 2018, and to give some previews of what’s ahead, are Marc Levy of the AP and Liz Navratil of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.