Marc Stier

MEMO: Analysis of the PA Senate Redistricting Commission Plan and the Folmer Amendment

This memo outlines how the Folmer proposal is worse than the process we have now in four important respects....

Wolf’s Budget Plan Will Move PA Forward – Here’s How

Originally published by the PA Capital-Star on February 12, 2019 By Marc Stier Gov. Tom Wolf’s 2019-2020 budget proposal...

Governor’s 2018-19 Budget Overview

Governor’s 2017-18 Budget Overview

Pre-K-12 Education Funding in Pennsylvania: Where Do We Stand?

Speaker Turzai Offers Up a Fake Redistricting Reform Plan

Speaker Turzai has recently floated a proposal for legislation to delegate the process of drawing congressional district lines to...

On Redistricting Reform, Good Intentions Are Not Enough

The first rule of politics, like that of medicine, is: Do no harm. And the intention to do no...

Republican Judicial Districting: An Existential Threat to Pennsylvania Democracy

Protect Our Representative Democracy — Stop The GOP Attack on the PA Courts

Representative democracy in Pennsylvania is under attack. This week, on a straight party-line vote, Republican senators passed a constitutional...

The Folmer Redistricting Commission: Neither Independent Nor Nonpartisan

Both the political class in Harrisburg and the progressive community around the state are focused today on the redistricting...

The Folmer Redistricting Commission: Neither Independent Nor Nonpartisan

Update Monday June 11, 11:00 am Some advocacy groups are supporting an omnibus amendment from Senator Folmer and others....

How to Fix Legislative Districting in Pennsylvania (Without Making Things Worse)

We at the PBPC have been very critical of the effort to pass SB22, a constitutional amendment to change...