She noted that Republicans no longer have the firm hold on the state House that they did during Wolfs tenure. John Morris was the first Attorney General appointed under the Constitution. 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. Hesupported a 2011 bill as dida number of Democratsat the time that would have barred abortion coverage in state health care exchanges, andopposedWolfs death penalty moratorium. When news emerged this summer that Mastrianos campaign had shelled out $5,000 to Gab for consulting services, Shapiro didnt hesitate. 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. Youre trying to coordinate between agencies, advocacy groups, the legislature and the legislature was challenging, she said. Josh Shapiro unveils his first budget next week, the poor districts that won a landmark school-funding lawsuit will want to see him propose a significant down payment and a plan to overhaul how the state pays for K-12 education in what could be a term-defining moment for the Democrat. 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. Weve got some very conservative Democrats, some very progressive Democrats here.. She said the support she got from other teams was 'overwhelming. Austin Davis, speaking at the Pennsylvania Press Club on Monday, hinted that a school-funding response will be a major feature of Shapiros budget plan, saying Shapiro will have a lot to say about equitable school funding. 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. Freeman was shot in the leg in 2019 a case of wrong place at the wrong time, he said. He purported to have a huge grassroots because he got 30,000 signatures to get on the ballot, but I didnt see them on the ground.. Before serving as First Deputy Attorney General, Michelle dedicated over 20 years of her career to the Bucks County District Attorneys Office taking on critical jobs including Chief of Major Crimes, Chief of Child Abuse, and First Assistant. In the long term plan, the plaintiffs want a system that addresses all the inequities the court recognized, McInerney said. Those advantages gave Democrats a powerful cudgel against the GOP up and down the ticket. He also was one of the first Pennsylvania politicians to endorse Trumps 2016 presidential bid. This story originally appeared on Spotlight PA. These people include campaign operatives, people who worked with Shapiro at the attorney generals office, and a onetime Republican lawmaker who supported former President Donald Trump in 2016. 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 governor next month. Some of Shapiros ventures into less friendly territories were fraught. But Dean Browning, an unsuccessful GOP candidate for state Senate in the Lehigh Valley, did not see any carryover. RGGI is an agreement among a consortium of states to reduce emissions by requiring fossil fuel power plants to purchase allowances to emit carbon dioxide. At the same time, Shapiro hasnt committed to maintaining his predecessors biggest environmental accomplishment: joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. 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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. Ed Rendell said. Last year, he was named a Rising Star by NBCs Chuck Todd and won one of our reader polls. She will serve as Shapiros deputy chief of staff for economic development. Still, there are steps the Legislature can take in this budget cycle to begin addressing the gaps the court acknowledges are there. That touches on facilities, class sizes, staffing and how much schools currently rely on local property taxes. Snyder, who will retire from the state House at the end of this years legislative session, has for nearly a decade represented a seat in the far southwestern corner of Pennsylvania. Josh Shapiro is stocking his executive staff of advisers, mediators and policy experts with political The Public Protection Division handles consumer complaints through the Bureau of Consumer Protection and the Health Care Section, oversees Tobacco enforcement, Charitable Trusts and Organizations, Antitrust actions and Civil Rights Enforcement. Want a digest of WHYYs programs, events & stories? Governor-elect Josh Shapiro looks onduring his inauguration ceremony, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, at the State Capitol in Harrisburg. 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. PublishedNovember 27, 2022 at 7:00 AM EST. What we dont want is a fight over this budget cycle and then to, in July, ask what happens next, he said. 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. 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. During her tenure as First Deputy, Henry was recognized for her tireless work safeguarding the Offices mission to protect and serve Pennsylvanians as the legal advocate for the Commonwealth. The office is marked by several significant periods in its history: 1643-1681: Attorneys General before William Penn Promise:Shapiro has pledgedto help hire 2,000 more police officers across the commonwealth.. The effort stalled because GOP lawmakers pushed to also include other major election changes, including expanded ID requirements at the polls. Fritz was deputy campaign manager and finance director for Shapiros 2016 election to attorney general. 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The GOP-controlled state Senatepreviously agreedto a smaller minimum wage increase. 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. Josh Shapiro fills executive staff with loyal allies, political veterans, Pa. lawmakers push bill to crack down on cell phone use while driving, Pa. judges offer conflicting opinions on whether fraud evidence is needed for recount requests, Paul Muschick: How to end the legislative standoff over child sex victim lawsuits. 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. Tom Wolf. 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. 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. A lot of people were saying that they really didnt care for voting because they didnt see things change, he said. 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. Spotlight PAis an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. More at spotlightpa.org. 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. 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. There was an error processing your request. Beginning in 1923, the Administrative Code made the Attorney General the administrator for the Pennsylvania Department of Justice. 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. You want to come to the center and find solutions. They blame a lack of a clear message and little institutional guidance from the state Republican Party for their generally disastrous results, which include losing the state House for the first time since 2010. Because the legislature has been unwilling to consider single-change election legislation in the past, Shapiro would likely have to agree to a more comprehensive bill that contains his priorities as well as compromises hes willing to accept in exchange for GOP support. But some observers are also focusing on areas where Shapiros results were weaker. Tom Wolf and the legislature agreed to lower the tax rate to 4.99% over the course of the next decade. 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. Likewise, he said he supports investments in and tax incentives for zero carbon technology. None of these plans have included specific details or timelines. program, but 90% of parents are opposed, Fishing license could get more expensive in Pennsylvania. Dana Fritz, who managed Attorney General Josh Shapiros winning gubernatorial campaign, will be his chief of staff in Harrisburg. This week, she was named along with a whos who of other politicians and powerful people to the leadership board of Shapiros gubernatorial transition team. Other states with similar suits, however, have shown legislativeaction is not often swift. /. Josh Shapiro and executive branch employees In the past, you know, weve taken whatever money thats there in the coffers and divvied it up and now were saying, You need to look at the educational needs of the population youre serving. 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. To change the percentage again, Shapiro would need the legislature to act. All Rights Reserved. During his campaign, Shapiro had the support of two factions that are often at odds: environmental protection advocates and the energy industry. Promise:As a part of his campaign platform, Shapiro promised to improve access to the ballot box. Whats next:Shapiro has not specified how he plans to accomplish this goal, but it will require collaboration with the legislature during budget negotiations and working directly with counties. But in order to tackle most of the bigger issues on the long agenda Shapiro laid out while running for governor, he will have to work with a divided legislature on notoriously fraught issues like regulating Pennsylvanias energy industry and updating the states election laws. Monson, 53, worked with Shapiro in Montgomery County as the chief financial officer of the state's third-most populous county. On the ground, canvassers said they repeatedly encountered this kind of attitude in relatively poor, urban neighborhoods. Shapiro has been leaning into that image in the early stages of his campaign, saying that he has a unique ability to work across the aisle to get things done. They worked together for 10 years. Shapiro served in the lower chamber from 2005 to 2011. As a state representative, Vereb drew his partys ire for being willing to consider tax increases. 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. Lt. Gov. Its impossible to talk about Shapiros victory without talking about his opponent, far-right state Sen. Doug Mastriano of Franklin County. Uri Monson, currently the Philadelphia School Districts chief financial officer, will serve as budget secretary. Newly minted Pennsylvania Gov. The Democratic Party is such a big-tent party, she said. We want to hear their stories as well.. WebEndorsements - Shapiro For Governor Endorsements Im humbled to have the endorsements from unions, advocacy groups, and so many more from across the Commonwealth. Not all were on board with his candidacy, but 10 people assembled in a hunting club in Butler County in December 2021, Joyal said. 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. A plan for changing things for people.. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro made a gubernatorial campaign stop at a home in Forest Hills, Allegheny County on March 18, 2022. You want to do your job without the obstructionists getting in the way.. / AP. Support local journalism. Josh Shapiro is stocking his executive staff of advisors, mediators, and policy experts with political veterans and loyal allies. 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. 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. The same pattern basically appeared nationwide this year in disadvantaged urban core areas and in heavily African American areas.. Shapiros transition team She started her political career working for Sen. Bob Caseys 2012 reelection campaign. Thats a fear and reality that people respond to and it gave him credibility, he said. 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. Tom Wolf. SEIU endorsed Josh Shapiros campaign for governor back in 2021. 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. While Shapiro was out creating a unifying platform that all Democrats could run under, Mastrianos refusal to talk to the mainstream press and lack of advertising allowed his opponents to define his campaign to swing voters, said Jeff Coleman, a former state legislator for Armstrong County and current GOP campaign strategist. Because we share our stories, he said. Unlike department secretaries, the Democrats top staffers wont need to be confirmed by the state Senate. This law enforcement effort includes a criminal investigation unit and a drug law enforcement program as well as direction of statewide and multi-county investigating grand juries and a Medicaid Fraud Control Section, To collect, by suit or otherwise, all debts, taxes and accounts due the Commonwealth which shall be referred to and placed with the Attorney General, To represent the Commonwealth and all Commonwealth agencies and upon request the Auditor General, State Treasurer and Public Utility Commission in any action brought by or against the Commonwealth or its Agencies, To administer the provision relating to consumer protection laws. The office teaches young adults and parents about drug addiction and shows seniors how to avoid becoming the victim of a scam. Josh Shapiro made a lot of promises on the campaign trail. 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. The school districts lawyers presented evidence during last years trial that schools are underfunded by $4.6 billion, an estimate they said does not account for gaps in spending on special education, school buildings and other facilities. However, Democrats are now in control of the state House for the first time in more than a decade, giving Shapiro more leverage. While there have been somesimilar attempts to expunge records, those past efforts lacked the reach of the policy Shapiro has proposed. She served as Shapiros Over the course of his campaign, Shapiro declined to say whether hell stay in RGGI, and committed only to consulting with experts in the energy and environmental fields to see if the program would raise energy prices, cost jobs, or adequately protect the environment. Meanwhile, House and Senate Republicans who opposed the school districts lawsuit have not said whether they will appeal the judges ruling. She thinks that Shapiro, whom she has known for 25 years, is well-positioned to negotiate. 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. He alsowas one of the first Pennsylvania politiciansto endorse Trumps 2016 presidential bid. Josh Shapiro is stocking his executive staff of advisers, mediators, and policy experts with political veterans and loyal allies. Shapiros plan would cut that timeline in half and reduce the CNIT even further. 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. Email news@wesa.fm. Now! Shapiros lofty political ambitions have been well-known and discussed throughout his nearly two decades in Pennsylvania politics. Widely recognized for her work ethic and singular dedication to public service, Michelle rose from intern in the Westmoreland County District Attorneys Office to now serve as the chief law enforcement officer for the Commonwealth. 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. The executive staffers will help the governor strategize, offer policy expertise, and serve as his representatives in talks with the legislature, departments, and interest groups as he tries to deliver on key campaign promises. To represent the Commonwealth and its citizens in any action brought about for violation of the antitrust laws of the United States. Mastriano and his backers argued that grassroots enthusiasm in redder, rural areas would overcome the deficits in more moderate suburbs. As a nonprofit organization, we rely on financial support from readers like you. Shapiro's incoming secretary of legislative affairs, Mike Vereb, is one of the new governor's closest and for a powerful Democrat, most unusual allies. Error! Senate Republicans' campaign operation is taking steps to avoid a repeat of their party's disastrous showing in last year's midterms. 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