News Digest :: August 12, 2019
Legislature How a ‘red flag’ law could work in Pa. — and what stands in its way https://www.witf.org/news/2019/08/how-a-red-flag-law-could-work-in-pa-and-what-stands-in-its-way.php Please wait while we connect you: Rural broadband access an issue in...News Digest :: August 11, 2019
State News Shapiro commends, chides Erie’s Persico a year after report https://www.goerie.com/news/20190811/shapiro-commends-chides-eries-persico-year-after-report PennDOT tests digital license plates in Harrisburg, Erie...News Digest :: August 10, 2019
Legislature State lawmakers irked by earmarks https://www.standardspeaker.com/news/state-lawmakers-irked-by-earmarks-1.2518306 Peduto, state lawmakers call for vote on Pa. gun bills...OP-ED: It’s Time for Nonpartisan Municipal Elections
Op-ed by Anthony H. Williams and David Thornburgh
In Philadelphia, 23% or nearly a quarter-million voters effectively don’t get a say in who becomes mayor, represents them on city council or runs the District Attorney’s office. Despite standing in line to cast ballots and informing themselves on candidate positions, these citizens are locked out of the process simply because they’ve not registered to vote as a Democrat. But what if when you went into a voting booth, there were no party labels – no Democrat, no Republican, no Green – but only names? For voters in 85% of America’s cities and towns, that’s the reality – and Philadelphia should join them.