Leach Op-Ed: An Important Update on Redistricting Changes

As many already know, we as a state are required to redraw the lines of our legislative districts every 10 years to ensure that all of the districts have about the same population.

In today's newspaper there were big headlines about the Pennsylvania Supreme Court throwing out the new district plan recently drawn by the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission. The court issued an order that the new districts were unconstitutional and that an opinion stating why would be forthcoming soon. I don't know what that opinion will say, but I can guess - since in my view, the lines drawn by the commission were a blatantly partisan gerrymander designed to ensure that the powers that be stay in control. » Read More

Leach: Bipartisan Meeting Addresses Chester-Upland Crisis

HARRISBURG, January 23, 2011 — Senator Daylin Leach, (D-Delaware/Montgomery) announced this morning that a bipartisan and bicameral group of legislators met with Governor Corbett and Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis to address the potential closure of the schools in the Chester-Upland School District. Gov. Corbett arranged the meeting after receiving a request to meet in a letter written by Leach and signed by nine Delaware County lawmakers. » Read More