WESA partners with Spotlight PA, a collaborative, reader-funded newsroom producing accountability journalism for all of Pennsylvania. If Shapiro were to pull out of RGGI, it would signal a lack of seriousness, according to University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann. There was an error processing your request. You have to be tough, fair, flexible, and most of all, credible there can be no space between you and the Governor, or people will smell it and take advantage of it.. The press conference in Center City was organized by Democratic nominee Josh Shapiro's campaign and included state representatives and Philadelphia city council members. None prompted much controversy. Many of Shapiros proposed criminal justice changes focus on the prison system rather than law enforcement. HARRISBURG Newly minted Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro has also named his campaign manager, Dana Fritz, as his chief of staff atop a state government of roughly 80,000 employees that doles out more than $100 billion a year in state and federal money. During his campaign, Shapiro had the support of two factions that are often at odds: environmental protection advocates and the energy industry. Whats next:Republican lawmakers and Wolf spent the past two years intermittently trying to pass an election bill that would have expanded pre-canvassing. Shapiro, who is finishing his sixth year as state attorney general, will be sworn in Jan. 17. I joked to him, I think you just need to, like, buy a house here already, youre here once a month, Bozinski said of Shapiros visits to Luzerne. The Attorney General is Pennsylvanias top law enforcement official, with a wide range of responsibilities to protect and serve the citizens and agencies of the Commonwealth. In the current fiscal year, the state is sending about $9.6 billion to school districts for school operations, instruction and special education. While there have been somesimilar attempts to expunge records, those past efforts lacked the reach of the policy Shapiro has proposed. Before that, she was chief of the homicide unit in the district attorney's office in Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-most populous city. Want a digest of WHYYs programs, events & stories? Dana Fritz, who managed Attorney General Josh Shapiros winning gubernatorial campaign, will be his chief of staff in Harrisburg. Promise:Shapiro said he will put Pennsylvania on track to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. By the time he emerged from a bruising primary with little support from mainstream Republicans, Shapiro had spent his uncontested primary raising tens of millions of dollars and building campaign infrastructure across the state. She noted that Republicans no longer have the firm hold on the state House that they did during Wolfs tenure. He addressed union members on Aug. 18, 2022 in Philadelphia. People there, she said, seemed starved for elected officials to take a personal interest in their problems. Fritz grew up in Coplay in Lehigh County. HARRISBURG Newly minted Pennsylvania Gov. HARRISBURG Gov. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke). Josh Shapiro and executive branch employees An email has been sent with a link to confirm list signup. Promise:Against a backdrop of rising food and gas prices in 2021, Shapiro said he would provide a$250 gas tax refundfor every personal passenger car registered in the state (up to four per household) andeliminate the states 11% salestax on cell phone service. Promise:Shapiro made several commitments to tighten gun control. She stayed on as deputy chief of staff and communications director, leading communication about the offices investigations into the Catholic Church and lawsuits against the Trump administration. 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. Thats a fear and reality that people respond to and it gave him credibility, he said. This does not mean cities had terrible turnout. 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. Isenhour said this duty was a difficult part of her job during the Wolf administration. That strategy emerged from failure, they noted. Similarly, there have been bills introduced to allow for geriatric parole, but they have never gained traction in thestate legislature. Kiley Koscinski / WESA. Last year, then Gov. 717-787-3391. The union Unite Here, which primarily represents hotel, food service, and airport workers, among others, knocked on over 980,000 doors in Pennsylvania this year for Fetterman and Shapiro, which made it the biggest door-to-door effort on Fetterman and Shapiros behalves in the commonwealth. Paddling in the middle of a fast moving stream of news and information. Pennsylvania Gov. Now the political world is figuring out what lessons to take from that victory. 1915-1981: Modern Attorneys General Dana Fritz, who managed Attorney General Josh Shapiros winning gubernatorial campaign, will be his chief of staff in Harrisburg. Its not a surprise. In Philadelphia, for instance, overall 2022 turnout was lower than in 2018 but higher than any other midterm in recent history. But hell need support from the legislature to implement nearly every one of the major policies he has proposed to that end. Error! The effort stalled because GOP lawmakers pushed to also include other major election changes, including expanded ID requirements at the polls. 2022 The Associated Press. Chief among those honors was Henrys admittance to the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America; and the receipt of Widener University Commonwealth Law Schools 2017 Excellence in Public Service Alumni Award for her extraordinary contributions to public service. 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Turnout which is important for Democrats in vote-rich strongholds like big cities was low in Philadelphia relative to other parts of the commonwealth. Chief of Staff is the most important job in government without a job description, Steve Crawford, former chief of staff to Gov. Dana Fritz, who led Shapiro's successful bid for governor, will be his chief of staff. Read more Courtesy Dana Fritz Dana Fritz, who managed Attorney General Josh Shapiros winning gubernatorial campaign, will be his chief of staff in Harrisburg. She will serve as Shapiros deputy chief of staff for economic development. A spokesman for Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman says the Democrat is on a path to recovery after checking himself into a hospital for clinical depression earlier this month, and he is still expected to be away from the Senate for several weeks. 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. Shapiros transition team announced Thursday that Fritz, 32, would take on the role overseeing the Office of the Governor and serving as Shapiros top adviser. The courts ruling did not determine a figure for how much the state should distribute or how, leaving it to the Legislature, the governor and school districts that sued to determine a plan to address the violations. Shapirohas signaledthat he would likely accept some kind of stricter voter identification requirement in order to enact his priorities. Fritz, a Lehigh Valley native who went to Temple University and now lives in Philadelphia, has worked with Shapiro for more than a decade, beginning during Shapiros time as a Montgomery County commissioner. (May 2022) Defended reproductive rights & woman's right to choose. 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. He avoided taking a firm position on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a pledge in which states commit to reducing emissions by requiring fossil fuel power plants to purchase allowances to emit carbon dioxide. Michelle was admired as an excellent attorney who also pushed major initiatives she was instrumental in helping start the countys childrens advocacy center and took a leading role in educating junior prosecutors from across the Commonwealth. To be the Commonwealths chief law enforcement officer charged with the responsibility for the prosecution of organized crime and public corruption. John Fettermans successful campaign for U.S. Senate. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The heritage of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General is one of the oldest and most divergent offices of public trust in the United States spanning over three centuries of life in the Commonwealth. WebRecently, in 2022, I worked on Josh Shapiros Pennsylvania Gubernatorial campaign. we can do A, B, or C. Youre the governor, you get to decide.. Balancing state budgets, cracking down on illegal guns, and raising the minimum wage are some of his key pledges. The Civil Law Division defends the constitutionality of Pennsylvania law, represents Commonwealth agencies, defends the Commonwealth in tax appeals, collects delinquent taxes and other debts owed to the Commonwealth, handles or supervises various appeals and reviews Commonwealth contracts, regulations and bond issues for form and legality. Appointees were selected by the King of Sweden. 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. This division also handles criminal cases referred to the Office of Attorney General by Pennsylvanias 67 District Attorneys or various other government agencies. Other top appointments include the people who will oversee state budgeting, provide legal counsel to the entire administration, and back up the chief of staff. As a state representative, Vereb drew his partys ire for being willing to consider tax increases. But they have some of the most important jobs in the new administration, and will work behind the scenes with Shapiro to help him implement his plans as governor. People really responded to a reminder that abortion could be restricted, and that Mastriano supported those restrictions. be light: Considering the night sky as a resource [Lancaster Watchdog], Some probation officers excluded from misconduct law, Pennsylvanians deserve better from the state House of Representatives [editorial], Pa. health department sues Spotlight PA to keep medical pot program data secret, Pa. voting access is unequal; study finds Lancaster County more restrictive than Chester County, McClinton elected first female speaker of the Pa. House as Rozzi steps down [update]. Check or add your phone numbers to the Pennsylvania Do Not Call Registry. 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. 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. And outside Philly, turnout was also relatively weak in smaller cities where lots of Black and Latino people live, such as Allentown, Hazleton, and Reading. Together we can reach 100% of WHYYs fiscal year goal. Meanwhile, Shapiro broke spending records. Shapiros incoming secretary of legislative affairs, Mike Vereb, is one of the new governors closest and for a powerful Democrat, most unusual allies. HARRISBURG Newly minted Pennsylvania Gov. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro is tapping longtime aides to take top positions in his office weeks before he is sworn in as Pennsylvania's 48th governor, as he prepares to leave the attorney general's office for a sprawling administration that runs the nation's fifth-most populous state. 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. She is a graduate of Allegheny College and the Widener University School of Law, worked for the Westmoreland County Legal Aid Office, and clerked for now retired Lancaster County President Judge Michael Georgelis. Mann has said that reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 is possible, but will require Shapiro to take advantage of the bully pulpit and convince voters that legislative Republicans block efforts to create a livable future., Violent crime and public safety were popular talking points in the 2022 election cycle, and Shapirobrought the topics up often during his campaign. Her life and career have crisscrossed and impacted all of Pennsylvania. California residents do not sell my data request. Whats next:Many of these proposals would require the approval of the legislature. December 6, 2022 / 1:40 PM Shapiro served in the lower chamber from 2005 to 2011. Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. A lot of people were saying that they really didnt care for voting because they didnt see things change, he said. Believe me, I had this on my bingo card 25 years ago.. Danielle Okai is currently deputy director of public engagement at the U.S Department of Commerce and previously worked in the White House, on President Joe Bidens campaign, and in the Wolf administration. John Morris was the first Attorney General appointed under the Constitution. Here! Ed Rendell said. Here are some key policies likely to come up, Abbott Elementary will give Mural Arts Philadelphia a moment in the spotlight, Philadelphia news consumers want to see more crime, infrastructure, and education in local reporting, study finds. The announcement, released by Shapiros transition team, included statements from chiefs of staff to the last four governors. 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. Vereb did not seek reelection in 2016, instead becoming the only person not involved in Democratic politics or Shapiros campaign to be appointed to the new attorney generals staff, where he has since served as director of government affairs. On the ground, canvassers said they repeatedly encountered this kind of attitude in relatively poor, urban neighborhoods. Now, he faces the new challenge of keeping them. You want to come to the center and find solutions. WHYY is your source for fact-based, in-depth journalism and information. Please enter valid email address to continue. 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. Shapiro told The Inquirer that he hasnt spoken with Fetterman since he entered Walter Reed, but that hes exchanged texts with the senators wife, Gisele. Maybe people should start thinking, for instance, that being associated with criminal justice reform, legalization of marijuana, clemency, critique of the carceral system maybe thats a good thing for Democrats in places where folks havent been turning out to vote recently, she said. Whats next:Such tax refunds or changes in tax policy are either negotiated in the budget or via legislation, both of which would require the legislatures cooperation. Mastriano did nothing to counter any of the charges against him, Browning told Spotlight PA. I did not see anything in the way of mail. Lt. Gov. The GOP-controlled state Senatepreviously agreedto a smaller minimum wage increase. Selber oversees 13 sections and more than 500 agents, lawyers and administrative staff in the criminal division, Shapiro's campaign said. She thinks that Shapiro, whom she has known for 25 years, is well-positioned to negotiate. Request a presentation and access resources from the office online. Balancing state budgets, cracking down on illegal guns and raising the minimum wage are some of his key pledges. What we dont want is a fight over this budget cycle and then to, in July, ask what happens next, he said. Former Centre County Commissioners Chair Michael Pipe, who often focused on public safety issues during his time in county government, will be the deputy chief of staff for public safety. Shapiro admin can do more as rollbacks to food and health benefits loom in Pa., experts say. However, the governors office can grant clemency and commute sentences. They also clashed with a young mother who did not want to vaccinate her kids. Hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians could lose their health insurance and nearly two million could face more food insecurity in the coming months. Shapiros campaign staff, and the local leaders who supported him, attributed some of this success to Mastrianos unpopularity, but argued the campaigns commitment to travel also played a role. This approach made sense to county Democratic operatives, like Bozinski of Luzerne. The Pa. House is getting ready to consider critical chamber rules. Published November 27, 2022 at 7:00 AM EST. 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. 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. Biden increased in-person stops during his 2020 bid for the presidency. Dana Fritz, who managed Attorney General Josh Shapiros winning gubernatorial campaign, will be his chief of staff in Harrisburg. HARRISBURG A longtime aide of Josh Shapiro was chosen to become his chief of staff when Pennsylvanias current attorney general transitions to the office of WebName: Joshua "Josh" Shapiro: Address: 1550 Cloverly Ln Jenkintown, Pennsylvania , United States: Email: [email protected]: Website: Born: June 20, 1973 (49 years) 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. Promise:As a part of his campaign platform, Shapiro promised to improve access to the ballot box. 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. Youre putting out fires all the time, said Mary Isenhour, who served as both legislative director and chief of staff for Shapiros predecessor, Democratic Gov. On the campaign trail, Shapiro talked about transitioning to renewable energy sources but he also stressed that he thinks fossil fuels are currently indispensable. A month into his tenure as Pennsylvanias top executive, Shapiro has so far avoided conflict and focused on what he can do unilaterally. Because we share our stories, he said. We want to hear their stories as well.. And campaign operative Larry Hailsham Jr., who was political director on Shapiros bid for governor, will be the new executive deputy chief of staff. Promise:On the campaign trail, Shapiro said Pennsylvania needs to attract more businesses. I am humbled by this opportunity, Fritz said in a statement. 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. Josh Shapiro on Abortion Click here for 3 full quotes on Abortion OR background on Abortion . This is a people-powered campaign, and Im honored to work with these groups and all Pennsylvanians to tackle the big fights this election. Mastriano never amassed much of a campaign chest or mainstream following, and it showed in both his limited fundraising and his insular events. 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. Uri Monson, currently the Philadelphia School Districts chief financial officer, will serve as budget secretary. Attorneys General Isenhour said offering recommendations was part of her job, though she added of Wolf, I wasnt giving advice, because hes the one with the Ph.D. She often helped the governor make tough calls, telling Wolf, OK governor, here are our options we can do A, B, or C. Youre the governor, you get to decide.. Dana Fritz, who led Shapiro's successful bid for governor, will be his chief of staff. She will serve as Shapiros deputy chief of staff for economic development. 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. We think that this is an appropriate investment to start to address the scale of the problem were facing, said Maura McInerney, legal director at Pennsylvanias Education Law Center, which helped represent the school districts along with Public Interest Law Center and the OMelveny & Myers law firm. She was deputy 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. Freeman was shot in the leg in 2019 a case of wrong place at the wrong time, he said. Josh Shapiro leaves the Capitol with his wife, Lori, before being sworn in. 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