July 20, 2021 | 2:58 PM
Could inflation slow economic recovery?
New book provides insights into political gerrymandering
By Scott LaMar tag | gerrymandering
By Scott LaMar April 6, 2021 | 5:07 AM
The deciding vote in Pa.’s high-stakes political redistricting could be yours, if lawmakers agree
Four of Pennsylvania’s most powerful lawmakers are accepting applications to chair the redistricting commission, and advocates are hoping for independence.
February 16, 2021 | 5:13 AM
Delay in census data could put transparency in Pa.’s redistricting process at risk
Carol Kuniholm — chairperson of Fair Districts PA, a nonprofit group advocating for redistricting reform — said she’s concerned lawmakers will use the delay as an excuse to limit transparency and public input, which has been minimal in previous decades.
September 22, 2020 | 3:48 PM
Lawmakers’ power to redraw Pa.’s political maps could be more limited in 2021
A bill advancing in the state Senate would set strict criteria for drawing congressional and legislative maps, and make underlying data available for analysis.
July 8, 2020 | 12:26 PM
Lawmakers will rule again over redrawing of Pa. political boundaries, but critics aren’t giving up
While an effort to create an independent commission to draw the state’s congressional and legislative maps has run out of time, a new bill would increase transparency and ban the most egregious practices.
February 27, 2020 | 5:39 PM
NAACP suing Pennsylvania to stop ‘prison gerrymandering’
The 70-page complaint is rooted in a consequential — and forthcoming — political process: the census.