Josh Shapiro is stocking his executive staff of advisers, mediators and policy experts with political The new administrations chief of staff, Dana Fritz, has been with Shapiro since his days in Montgomery County government, where she first managed finance and political efforts for the then-county commissioner, according to Shapiros transition team. Ensuring fair and impartial administration of justice for all Pennsylvanians; Advocating for fair and equitable treatment of all consumers; Providing leadership in preventing and controlling crime committed against Pennsylvanians; Pursuing just punishment without fear or favor for those guilty of unlawful behavior. Kathy Bozinski, who chairs the Democratic committee in Luzerne County, where Clinton notoriously lost six years ago, said that to this day people will shake their heads and say, Hillary Clinton never came here. Newly minted Pennsylvania Gov. Whats next:The move would require legislative approval, and many Republicans in the state House have previously opposed increasing the minimum wage. (Hamilton later defended printer John Peter Zenger in a case that became the foundation for the concept of freedom of press.). program, but 90% of parents are opposed, Fishing license could get more expensive in Pennsylvania. A lot of people were saying that they really didnt care for voting because they didnt see things change, he said. It was a very frank and honest conversation, and there were certain moments where there was outright disagreement, Joyal said. Promise:Shapiro pledgedto have the commonwealth generate 30% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030, one of his boldest goals. She was deputy Shapiros incoming secretary of legislative affairs, Mike Vereb, is one of the new governors closest and for a powerful Democrat, most unusual allies. The GOP-controlled state Senatepreviously agreedto a smaller minimum wage increase. But turnout in these areas dropped more from 2020 than in other parts of the commonwealth, i.e. On the campaign trail, Shapiro talked about transitioning to renewable energy sources but he also stressed that he thinks fossil fuels are currently indispensable. She said Shapiros rhetoric mattered as much as his presence. He supported a 2011 bill as did a number of Democrats at the time that would have barred abortion coverage in state health care exchanges, and opposed Wolfs death penalty moratorium. Josh Shapiro is stocking his executive staff of advisors, mediators, and policy experts with political That touches on facilities, class sizes, staffing and how much schools currently rely on local property taxes. Here! 1838-1915: 19th and Early 20th Century Attorneys General The Human Rights Campaign, an activist group known for its strong support of the medical transition of children, has endorsed Josh Shapiro for governor of Pennsylvania, just months after it awarded the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia an award for excellence in LGBTQ+ healthcare. Josh Shapiro nominated for his cabinet? Josh Shapiro made a stop in Jenkintown Borough, Montgomery County Thursday evening to address supporters at the site of his new county campaign office. Shapiros incoming secretary of legislative affairs, Mike Vereb, is one of the new governors closest and for a powerful Democrat, most unusual allies. A judgeruled in Februarythat the states system of funding public schools ultimately violates students constitutional rights siding with six school districts, the NAACP and the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools in a lawsuit launched nearly a decade ago in pursuit of billions of dollars in additional annual aid. But its only a start of what the winning school districts hope to see. First published on December 6, 2022 / 1:40 PM. HARRISBURG Newly minted Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiros first big political job came in the late 90s, when he became chief of staff the youngest chief of staff on Capitol Hill to then-U.S. Rep. Joe Hoeffel, a Democrat. So he benefited from both swinging the votes of some number of independents, and he benefited from maintaining strong turnout among sometimes-voters, most strongly in upscale suburbs and exurbs.. Compromise would likely be essential. Shapiro, who is finishing his sixth year as state attorney general, will be sworn in Jan. 17. HARRISBURG Newly minted Pennsylvania Gov. Whats next:A change to this tax would likely be codified during budget negotiations. He will veto any bill that would restrict abortion rights. Joseph Lee, a onetime CIA intelligence analyst who worked under Wolf as acting secretary of Pennsylvanias Department of General Services, will be deputy chief of staff for administration and opportunity. in order to determine what adequacy looks like, she said. WebShapiros campaign political director and a former government affairs manager for the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce Larry Hailsham, Jr. will serve as his Former labor union political director Tori Shriver will work on labor issues for Shapiro as deputy chief of staff for education and workforce development. She next managed his 2020 reelection campaign, then his 2022 campaign for governor. Wolf administration veteran Sam Robinson, who among other roles worked as the former governors deputy chief of staff focused on environmental policy, will stay in a similar role in the Shapiro administration, serving as deputy chief of staff for consumers and the environment. Governor-elect Josh Shapiro looks on during his inauguration ceremony, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, at the State Capitol in Harrisburg. Before working with Shapiros 2022 campaign, Hossain was a government investigations attorney at major Philadelphia-based law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and clerked for a U.S. district judge. At one point, Shapiro and Boozel tangled with a business owner who opposed COVID-19-induced shutdowns. One of the reasons why I was so involved in his campaign is because I see [Shapiro] as a Democrat like me: pragmatic, Snyder said. Under a policy instituted in January, Democratic Gov. This division also handles criminal cases referred to the Office of Attorney General by Pennsylvanias 67 District Attorneys or various other government agencies. Support local journalism. Throughout his campaign, Shapiro highlighted his work defending Pennsylvania against former President Donald Trumps attempts to overturn the 2020 election, and he framed his victory as a rejection of radicalism and misinformation. People really responded to a reminder that abortion could be restricted, and that Mastriano supported those restrictions. Who is Joanna McClinton, Pa.s first woman House speaker? Shapiro, a Democrat, has served as Pennsylvanias attorney general since 2017 after his time as a state representative for the 153rd District and on the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners. A former police officer who also worked in corporate security, Vereb is a Republican who held a Montgomery County state House seat from 2006 to 2016. People there, she said, seemed starved for elected officials to take a personal interest in their problems. Her life and career have crisscrossed and impacted all of Pennsylvania. While the work does not end in one budget cycle, changing that course begins now, and lawyers for the school districts told The Associated Press at least $2 billion in additional funding for education would be a good start toward the billions more they say the poorest school districts need. After managing Shapiros reelection campaign in 2020, she spearheaded his run for governor, which won the most votes in a midterm election in Pennsylvania history. The press conference in Center City was organized by Democratic nominee Josh Shapiro's campaign and included state representatives and Philadelphia city council members. WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news and information and world-class entertainment to everyone in our community. HARRISBURG Gov. Josh Shapiro is stocking his executive staff of advisors, mediators, and policy experts with political veterans and loyal allies. 1686-1710: The Era of David Lloyd1717-1776: Proprietary Attorneys General In his new role, Vereb will be Shapiros primary liaison with the legislature. ', Greek transport minister resigns over train crash; 36 dead, No contingency' plan for a Fetterman Senate vacancy: Pennsylvania governor, What law enforcement seized from Pennsylvania home of Idaho murders suspect, Resource center opens in Beaver County for those impacted by East Palestine train crash, Gwinnett County wants to overhaul sex ed. Other states with similar suits, however, have shown legislativeaction is not often swift. Shapiros plan would cut that timeline in half and reduce the CNIT even further. The position of Attorney General was created in 1643, before the arrival of English Common Law, as an office within government of the area known as New Sweden. PublishedNovember 27, 2022 at 7:00 AM EST. Among people who work on and with Democratic campaigns, Hillary Clintons 2016 campaign, with its firm focus on Pennsylvanias cities and big suburbs, has become a model of how not to run a race in the state. Shapiro also said he would sign legislation toexpunge the recordsof those serving time for nonviolent marijuana convictions. The new governors top advisors will be instrumental in helping Shapiro deliver on campaign promises like raising the minimum wage and cracking down on illegal guns. Lawyers for the school districts argued in court that Pennsylvanias school funding system relies disproportionately on local property taxes, helping to widen the gap between rich and poor districts. Henominated his cabinetand issued four executive orders: one thatupdated administration ethics rules, and others focused primarily on economic development. Beyond winning open races, the party also knocked off four GOP incumbents in suburban Philadelphia to win a one-vote state House majority putting Republicans in the minority for the first time in 12 years. She was appointed Bucks County District Attorney with a bipartisan vote in 2008. John Fettermans successful campaign for U.S. Senate. Balancing state budgets, cracking down on illegal guns, and raising the minimum wage are some of his key pledges. This allowed Shapiros campaign to run ad after TV ad across the state portraying Mastriano as a dangerous radical and Shapiro as a reasonable consensus-builder. The same pattern basically appeared nationwide this year in disadvantaged urban core areas and in heavily African American areas.. Mastriano never amassed much of a campaign chest or mainstream following, and it showed in both his limited fundraising and his insular events. 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HARRISBURG The Shapiro administration insists the governor did not violate his own gift ban when he and top staff went to Arizona for the Super Bowl on the dime of a nonprofit that has received millions of dollars in state money. Now the political world is figuring out what lessons to take from that victory. Tom Wolf and the legislature agreed to lower the tax rate to 4.99% over the course of the next decade. Ive looked at Luzerne County as an illustration of that. They also clashed with a young mother who did not want to vaccinate her kids. Last year, then Gov. (Dec 2011) Josh Shapiro on Budget & Economy Hossain served as executive director of Shapiros transition, and was the first person of Asian American or Pacific Islander heritage to have that role in Pennsylvania, according to transition staff. University of Pittsburgh political analyst Lara Putnam, who already has been combing over available 2022 election data, pointed out a few areas of the state where Shapiros results were especially notable. / AP. They worked primarily in Philadelphia and its immediate suburbs, but also in Reading, and focused on precisely the kinds of voters Shapiro struggled to attract: people who were poorer, and less likely to vote. Monson, 53, worked with Shapiro in Montgomery County as the chief financial officer of the state's third-most populous county. Tim Freeman, a Philly-based hotel worker who serves as a steward and worked as a 2022 organizer, said people he spoke to at the door often didnt know it was an election year, or didnt realize Fetterman and Shapiro were both Democrats. Here & Now is a daily news magazine, bringing you the news that breaks after "Morning Edition" and before "All Things Considered. Likewise, he said he supports investments in and tax incentives for zero carbon technology. None of these plans have included specific details or timelines. Some of Shapiros ventures into less friendly territories were fraught. Fritz, 32, goes back a decade with Shapiro, helping him campaign for Montgomery County commissioner in 2012 before she held senior positions in his three successful campaigns for state attorney general and governor. The last significant change to the commonwealths firearm regulationscame in 2018, when the General Assembly passed a bill that made it easier for law enforcement to take away weapons from people convicted of domestic abuse. What we dont want is a fight over this budget cycle and then to, in July, ask what happens next, he said. Error! County leaders have been asking for this change since 2020, and Pennsylvanias lack of pre-canvassing is frequently blamed for the commonwealths slow election results. Uri Monson, currently the Philadelphia School Districts chief financial officer, will serve as budget secretary. HARRISBURG Newly minted Pennsylvania Gov. By using them things and letting them know whats at stake, like with the gun control laws people open up and really understand the importance of getting out there, he said, adding that in-person pitches always beat TV ads. WHILE YOURE HERE If you learned something from this story, pay it forward and become a member of Spotlight PA so someone else can in the future at spotlightpa.org/donate. HARRISBURG Gov. Josh Shapiro made a lot of promises on the campaign trail. Now, he faces the new challenge of keeping them. A month into his tenure as Pennsylvanias top executive, Shapiro has so far avoided conflict and focused on what he can do unilaterally. Pennsylvania is the only state in the country that does not allocate any state funding for the criminal defense of the poor. 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Those advantages gave Democrats a powerful cudgel against the GOP up and down the ticket. Now, he faces the new challenge of keeping them. Pennsylvania House Speaker Mark Rozzi (D., Berks) says he will introduce chamber rules this week that would give Republicans more power to set the legislative agenda. Meanwhile, Browning and other Republican legislative candidates were hit with cookie-cutter ads, he said, connecting the individual candidates to Mastrianos support for criminalizing abortion, overturning the 2020 election, and cutting public education spending. By the year 1850, through improperly drafted legislation, the Office was stripped of its authority at the county level and was rendered almost powerless in state government. One would allow older incarcerated people toapply for geriatric parole. Josh Shapiro said Monday that he doesn't expect Sen. John Fetterman to step down. The Constitution further provided the Attorney General shall be the chief law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be imposed by law. If Fetterman does resign, Shapiro will need to appoint a temporary replacement, and then a special election would be called to fill the remainder of his six-year term. In the coming months, Spotlight PA will track Shapiros progress on some of the key commitments he made on the campaign trail, highlighting specific promises for the following reasons: Shapiro emphasized them during his run for governor; Passing them would require collaboration with the legislature; Or they could bring different factions of his supporters into conflict. That includes earmarking extra aid for the poorest districts and saving the districts money by reducing payments to charter schools. Pennsylvania Democratic Josh Shapiro on Tuesday, Nov. 8, in Oaks, Pa. He believes the GOP could use the situation to retake Congress by attempting to unseat U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio). Dana Fritz will be Shapiros top advisor and staffer. Click here to learn more about the role the Lancaster County Local Journalism Fund plays in Lancaster County and to make a tax-deductible donation. Danas leadership skills, knowledge of the Commonwealth, and sharp instincts are unmatched and I have complete confidence in her ability to lead our Administration and help move Pennsylvania forward.. Former Pennsylvania Planned Parenthood political operations leader Lindsey Mauldin, who previously held roles in the Wolf administrations departments of Human Services and Health, will now be the deputy chief of staff working with both of those agencies. Putnam noted that the only areas where Shapiro consistently did not see extremely impressive turnout numbers relative to previous elections were the most economically marginal, heavily minority neighborhoods in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, as well as in smaller cities like Allentown, Hazleton, and Reading. Selber oversees 13 sections and more than 500 agents, lawyers and administrative staff in the criminal division, Shapiro's campaign said. Michelle A. Henry, a life-long public servant and 26-year veteran prosecutor, is Pennsylvanias Acting Attorney General. Despitesome bipartisan supportfor funding indigent defense in the past, no proposal has ever gotten traction. WHYY thanks our sponsors become a WHYY sponsor, was one of the first Pennsylvania politicians, only person not involved in Democratic politics or Shapiros campaign, Katie Meyer and Kate Huangpu, Spotlight PA. Josh Shapiro, who has hired close allies to advise him as governor,, walks to the ceremony to take the oath of office to become Pennsylvania's 48th governor, Tuesday at the state Capitol in Harrisburg. Spotlight PA Staff He was elected speaker in a 115-85 vote with the support of all Democratic lawmakers and 16 Republicans, including the partys entire leadership team. Currently, he is deputy superintendent for operations at the $4.4 billion Philadelphia school district, the state's largest, after six-plus years as the district's chief financial officer. Eric Scicchitano erics@cnhinews.com. Unlike department secretaries, the Democrats top staffers wont need to be confirmed by the state Senate. I think were all looking forward to hearing what he says in his budget speech, so we have a little bit better sense of what hes been hearing and what it is that hes thinking, said Katrina Robson, a partner at OMelveny & Myers LLP, which helped represent the school districts in the suit. . In between, she worked as a top deputy for communications under Shapiro in the attorney general's office. Now, he faces t Support local journalism. Email news@wesa.fm. Shapiro achieved better margins than Fetterman across most of the state which Putnam mostly attributes to the fact that Fetterman had a relatively more formidable opponent in Mehmet Oz. She thinks that Shapiro, whom she has known for 25 years, is well-positioned to negotiate. Freeman talked frequently about Shapiros pledges to fund public education. After Shapiros 2016 election as Attorney General, Fritz served for three years as a deputy chief of staff and communications director there, leading public-facing efforts around the Catholic Church investigation, UPMC/Highmark dispute, lawsuits against the Trump Administration, and more. Whats next:Republican lawmakers and Wolf spent the past two years intermittently trying to pass an election bill that would have expanded pre-canvassing. Vereb also chaired the Montgomery County GOP committee from 2013 to 2015, years when Shapiro was a county commissioner. As First Deputy Attorney General under former Attorney General Josh Shapiro, Henry was responsible for overseeing all of the Offices legal matters, including criminal cases to seek justice for victims, civil suits representing the Commonwealth and public protection cases fighting for the rights of Pennsylvania consumers. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke). We just assumed Bidens unpopular, gas prices are high, said state Rep. Jesse Topper (R., Bedford). She said the support she got from other teams was 'overwhelming. Shapiro said in a statement Tuesday that Uri Monson will be his top fiscal officer as budget secretary and Jennifer Selber will be his top lawyer as general counsel. Together we can reach 100% of WHYYs fiscal year goal. Shapiro served in the lower chamber from 2005 to 2011. Promise:Shapiro said he will sign legislation toallow counties to begin tabulating mail ballots before Election Day, a process known as pre-canvassing that is common in states with widespread mail voting. Her district, like much of that region, has gotten increasingly Republican during her tenure a process she says accelerated rapidly with Donald Trumps 2016 election. Promise:Shapiro made several commitments to tighten gun control. Josh Shapiro is stocking his executive staff of advisors, mediators, and policy experts with political veterans and loyal allies. Hell also have to take some firm positions on topics he has previously avoided, like whether hell continue his predecessors commitment to keeping Pennsylvania inan organizationthat would cap carbon emissions from fossil fuel power plants. Josh Shapiro on Abortion Click here for 3 full quotes on Abortion OR background on Abortion . 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