Answering calls for transparency, Senate committee holds first public hearing on redistricting

By: Marley Parish

After the first public hearing on congressional redistricting, Sen. David Argall, R-Schuylkill, said he felt like a student again.

Comparing the once-a-decade process to his college multivariate statistics course, Argall and his colleagues on the Senate State Government Committee had just heard testimony from mapping and population experts, as well as redistricting reform advocates. 

Wednesday’s hearing was the first step in planning how best to redraw Pennsylvania’s 17 congressional districts. 

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