This is the year for redrawing the lines of congressional districts, the process known as redistricting when it works well and gerrymandering when it doesnât.
The process occurs every 10 years in the year after the federal census, a requirement of the U.S. Constitution to ensure that states are represented in the House of Representatives according to population. Pennsylvania is expected to lose a seat this year based on declining population, leaving 17 districts for 18 incumbent U.S. House members, raising the sticky question of whose district will disappear and whose political career could be upended.
By the end of this month, the U.S. Census Bureau will release state population counts to determine how many congressional seats and Electoral College votes each state gets. If that confirms projections that Pennsylvania will lose a seat, it will be the 10th consecutive decade that the Keystone State has lost clout in Congress and presidential contests as its population growth co
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GOP accuses Wolf administration official of playing politics with food assistance benefits
Updated Apr 08, 2021;
Posted Apr 08, 2021
Republicans accuse Pennsylvania s Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller of playing politics by warning that extra federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits the state receives goes away if the Legislature decides to end the governor s COVID-19 emergency disaster declaration. 2017.
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Pennsylvania receives an extra $100 million each month to provide low-income residents with federally-funded food assistance benefits, but the state’s human services secretary said that aid would disappear a month after Gov. Tom Wolf’s COVID-19 emergency declaration ends.
In a virtual news conference on Thursday, Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller said she wanted to raise awareness of that possibility if the pandemic-related declaration expires. Miller said such an outcome would affect nearly 600,00
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