Decision Makers: PA Speaker Joanna McClinton on Governing a Contentious Legislature
When you have just a two-vote majority in a state legislature as diverse, yet contentious as Pennsylvania, how do you govern? What's that transition like, from Representative to leader to Speaker? And if you’re also a Speaker from an urban district working with or trying to create policy with legislators prioritizing interests from rural, exurban and suburban regions, how do you balance that?
Decision Makers' has a brief conversation with Pennsylvania House Speaker Joanna McClinton, who also represents the state's 191st District …