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Lancaster Countyâs legislators have said that election integrity is a top priority because their voters express concern over the election process.
Election integrity begins with ending partisan gerrymandering and instituting more clear-cut and enforceable criteria on how the redistricting maps are drawn.
Fair Districts PA volunteer Tim Brixius made this point: âCurrent discussions about election reform in the House State Government Committee should not put redistricting reform on the back burner. Accountability and transparency in redistricting is fundamental to fair elections in the commonwealth.â
Voters in Pennsylvania have asked for redistricting reform for 30 years. State Sen. David Argall, R-Berks and Schuylkill, will tell you he introduced redistricting reform in the 1980s when President Ronald Reagan talked about what a scourge it was to good governance. In Pennsylvania, reform efforts began five years ago with the request to create a citizens commission to o
The Lehigh Valley-region drug abuse treatment center with the most violations in its latest Pennsylvania inspection is part of a large nonprofit whose leaders include two former top Pennsylvania government officials, a Morning Call review of inspection reports has revealed.
HARRISBURG â On his drive to and from the state Capitol, state Rep. Mark Gillen often sees a state trooperâs vehicle.
âThey usually donât yell out the window to slow down,â said Gillen, a Berks County Republican. âIf youâre going too fast, youâre going to get stopped, and youâre going to get fined, and it changes behavior.â
Thatâs the argument Gillen is making as he tries to convince fellow lawmakers to give the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs the power to fine licensed addiction treatment facilities for violating state rules.
The $431 million agency is in charge of inspecting more than 800 facilities that provide care to some of the most vulnerable people in Pennsylvania. The state is at the epicenter of the opioid epidemic, ranking among the top states for overdose deaths.