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I’m getting rid of my dad’s car.
On its face, getting rid of a car sounds easy. Trade it in. Maybe give it…
With Pennsylvania’s primary election scheduled for May 17, the Chester County Commissioners are joining their peers across the state in calling for clarity on…
In the ongoing debate about Congressional district mapping, Gov. Tom Wolf proposed two versions he believed would counter cross-aisle criticisms. However, the debate about…
John J. Kennedy, a West Chester University professor of political science and an expert in legislative redistricting, is one of six individuals selected by Gov…
Working professionals in STEM fields are in critical demand, as the number of STEM jobs in the U.S. is projected to grow by 8…
Former U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello, a West Chester resident, is taking steps to prepare a run for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat…
A love of opera connected Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a Delaware County couple, reports CBS Philly.
That connection led to her officiating…
Following the release of Robert Mueller’s report, voters in West Chester shared their opinions on the subject, writes Jeff Brady for National Public Radio…
The consensus among demographers and economists runs contrary to President Donald Trump’s recent assertion that characterized the country as full, write Neil Irwin and…
The Pennsylvania Redistricting Reform Commission has begun touring the state for a series of public meetings to get voter input on the creation of future…
Philip Hensley, 29, has won the inaugural Draw the Lines PA competition with his new interpretation of the state’s congressional map, writes Kevin Tustin…
Two first-time politicians – Democrat Chrissy Houlahan, a third-generation military veteran, and Republican Greg McCauley, a tax attorney and former owner of nine Wendy…
Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania have filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging a ruling that the state’s congressional districts were illegally…
Dr. Lawrence Mussoline
Dr. Lawrence Mussoline, former superintendent of the Downingtown Area School District, has been appointed to the same position in the Haddonfield (N…
While the new congressional map replaced heavily gerrymandered districts with more balanced ones, the larger question on how to reform the entire redistricting process remains…
Pennsylvania’s congressional map was considered to be one of the most gerrymandered in our nation’s history, but several experts have helped change that…
Representative Ryan Costello is not planning to seek reelection for Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional District in this year’s House election, according to several news…
The Republican challenges of the new Pennsylvania congressional district map have been rejected by federal District Court and the U.S. Supreme Court one day…
Despite being ordered by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the state’s new congressional map does not completely eliminate subjectivity, writes Lindsay Lazarski for WPSU.
However…
Pennsylvania’s new congressional map released by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court comes close to achieving partisan balance, write Nate Cohn, Matthew Bloch, and Kevin Quealy…
Democrats are urging Gov. Tom Wolf to reject the new Republican-proposed congressional map of Pennsylvania as it is still biased in favor of the…
Eighth-grade students at the Westtown School decided to redraw Pennsylvania’s congressional map with the help of their math teacher, Jon Kimmel, writes Michael…
The Supreme Court has refused the request by Pennsylvania Republicans to block redrawing the congressional map until after the 2018 state elections, writes Robert Barnes…
While it can be easy for the opponents of gerrymandering to point to current congressional maps, finding a way to fix them is not so…
In a 4-3 vote, the state Supreme court has found the current Congressional maps unconstitutional and ruled that new maps must be drawn and…
The Commonwealth Court judge hearing the high-profile gerrymandering case has recommended that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court uphold the state’s controversial map of congressional…
While testifying recently at the state gerrymandering trial, West Chester University political science professor John J. Kennedy said that Pennsylvania’s congressional map takes splitting…
Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District – which encompasses parts of five counties, including Chester County – is often cited as a textbook case of gerrymandering, writes Wallace…
When political districts look more like ink spills than common groupings of people and communities, their politicians have a greater chance of acting less like…
For decades, politicians have redrawn district lines to benefit their party, and that practice — known as gerrymandering — has only gotten worse with the help of…
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