Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are pushing major election reforms before the midterms.

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie spoke with Votebeat managing editor Nathaniel Rakich about the bill and why Republicans are trying to push this long-shot bill now. 

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Harrisburg singer-songwriter Olivia Elizabeth Basar stopped by the studio to perform two songs and talk about the difficulty she had in just getting started.

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The state Republican Party is throwing its weight behind western Pennsylvania attorney Jason Richey in his bid for lieutenant governor.

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Stacy Garrity says she would cooperate with President Donald Trump’s administration in running Pennsylvania’s elections.

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Republican Congressman Lloyd Smucker of Lancaster and York counties is suing Lancaster’s newspaper. 

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports Smucker is seeking $250,000 in damages.

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Governor Josh Shapiro is pitching lawmakers a fifty-three-point-three billion-dollar state budget. Increasing public school funding is the big-ticket item. But it’s not the only school policy he has in mind. 

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Republicans in the state Senate say that Governor Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal would threaten Pennsylvania’s financial future if enacted. Among their biggest concerns is pulling money out of the state’s emergency funds. 

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Independent and third-party voters are the fastest-growing voting bloc in Pennsylvania. These voters are barred from participating in the commonwealth’s primaries.

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Pennsylvania’s 67 counties are once again urging state lawmakers to increase funding for technology and staff needed to answer 9-1-1 calls.

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President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security is claiming a newfound authority to enter some immigrant’s homes without a warrant signed by a judge. 

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie reports Pennsylvania legal experts call the move unconstitutional.

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