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On today’s episode of The Confluence: Some European nations rely on Russia for natural gas, but after its invasion of Ukraine, Pennsylvania oil and gas producers are looking to ramp up efforts to export their products to Europe; Giant Eagle is planning to bring “Mobile Markets” to neighborhoods lacking grocery stores, but a researcher and urban farmer say it will take more intentional, community-based efforts to fix what they call “food apartheid”; and a look at how the state’s new redistricting could impact upcoming elections.
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A map redrawing state legislative districts has preliminary approval from reapportionment commissionOn today’s episode of The Confluence: WESA government and accountability editor Chris Potter reviews the latest on remapping districts for the Pittsburgh Public School board and the Pennsylvania legislature; State Treasurer Stacy Garrity tells us how a proposal to create a state-based retirement plan would take the liability off of employers to help their workers save; and a Pitt researcher has found middle-aged women who practice self-compassion have a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Local Democrats are largely in favor of the new preliminary state political maps unveiled yesterday. Republicans are less enamored of the new lines.
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The House Republican caucus blasted out a press release deriding the House proposal as an “extreme partisan gerrymander in favor of Democrats.”
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The Legislative Reapportionment Commission is advancing new preliminary Pennsylvania state House and Senate maps over objections from the state House's Republican leader.
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A key state House committee is homing in on a proposed map of new congressional districts for Pennsylvania. The State Government Committee could vote to advance the map as early as next week.
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House GOP lawmakers’ new congressional-map-drawing website was designed to add transparency to Pennsylvania’s redistricting process, allowing constituents to pitch their own ideas about where district lines should lie.
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Lawmakers in charge of redrawing Pennsylvania’s congressional maps are hoping to release their proposals within the next two weeks.
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The five-person commission redrawing Pennsylvania General Assembly district lines is giving its approval to adjusted and validated census-based data they'll use to craft preliminary maps over the coming months.
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Touting census data that shows a strong uptick in Pennsylvania’s non-white population, representatives from some of Pennsylvania’s communities of color say new political boundaries should give them a chance for stronger representation in Harrisburg.