Opponents Take to Twitter over SB 22 Yea Vote
By Kelly Cernetich Brown | Politics PA
A proposed state constitutional amendment creating an independent commission to oversee redistricting passed the state Senate today by a vote of 33 to 16.
State Senator Jay Costa on Redistricting
KDKA State Senator Jay Costa joined Robert Mangino to talk about redistricting and the possibility of a redistricting committee.Pa. Senate passes redistricting reform bill with last-minute amendment
By JONATHAN LAI, GILLIAN MCGOLDRICK AND LIZ NAVRATIL | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Senate passed a redistricting reform bill Wednesday that had been dramatically changed the day before, drawing fire from anti-gerrymandering advocates who had turned against legislation they helped craft.
Pa. Senate passes anti-gerrymandering bill with ‘poison pill’ judicial districting amendment
By Jonathan Lai, Gillian McGoldrick & Liz Navratil | The Inquirer
The Pennsylvania Senate passed a redistricting reform bill Wednesday that had been dramatically changed the day before, drawing fire from anti-gerrymandering advocates who had turned against legislation they helped craft.
Pennsylvania Senate votes to change the way state judges are elected. Here’s why
The Morning Call
The Pennsylvania Senate voted Wednesday to change the way judges are elected and to change the way legislative and congressional districts are established. But those changes are a long way to becoming law.
Pa. Senate passes redistricting reform bill that includes controversial judicial election change
By Jan Murphy | Pennlive
A last-minute insertion of a judicial election reform plan didn’t hurt the chances of the Senate approving a bill that also proposes a constitutional amendment to reform the way legislative and congressional maps are drawn in Pennsylvania.
News Digest :: June 13, 2018
Legislature Amendment to state redistricting bill may scuttle it http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2018/06/12/Pa-Senate-alters-redistricting-bill-to-change-judicial-elections/stories/201806120138 What’s a regional judicial district? Proposal could...Post Session Report :: Tuesday, June 12, 2018
SB 22, PN 1780 (Boscola) – Redistricting reform: This bill proposes an amendment to the Constitution to create an 11-member Independent Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment and Redistricting Commission tasked with redrawing legislative and...PA Senate Democrats Vote Against Aument Amendment to Senate Bill 22, Decry Hypocrisy
HARRISBURG, PA − June 12, 2018 − The Pennsylvania Senate Democrats voted unanimously against a Senator Aument amendment to create judicial districts, as part of the redistricting reform bill, Senate Bill 22.