Fair Districts PA

On today’s episode of The Confluence: Carol Kuniholm, chair of Fair Districts PA, explains why her organization and five others want to change procedural rules in the state legislature around how bills move through committees and get floor votes; and we speak to a University of Pittsburgh administrator about enrollment in higher education more than two years since pandemic-related closures.

On today’s program: The chair of Fair Districts PA explains how state leaders are taking different approaches to the process of drawing new maps for Congressional seats, now that census data has been released; kindergarten enrollment dropped 10% last year in the region, and some are concerned this year’s class of kindergarteners will have vastly different social and academic skills; and a look at how the state Game Commission takes census of the black bear population, a process that starts with doughnuts.

Several advocacy groups are pulling their support for a redistricting bill making its way through the state legislature. On Tuesday, Republicans in the…

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf visited Point Park University Thursday afternoon to seek public input on creating a less partisan congressional map. About two…

Could a citizens' group defy tradition and change Pennsylvania politics?Fair Districts PA, which has taken on the issue of gerrymandering in state…