'Go Find A Job': PA Lawmakers Move To End $300 Extra Unemployment - Across Pennsylvania, PA - PA Rep. Jim Cox says the federal unemployment programs are paying people "to sit at home." He said the message should be: "Go find a job!"
With many restaurants and other businesses saying they can't find workers to fill jobs, at least three bills active in the state Legislature would end a pandemic-related moratorium on the requirement that people getting unemployment compensation prove they are looking for work.
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