In a release Friday evening, the Pennsylvania's church leadership , through the Catholic Conference, came out in favor of a voluntary fund managed by experts to disperse compensation to survivors of abuse by priests.

At a rally for marijuana reform in Pittsburgh Friday, Rep. Jake Wheatley (D-Allegheny) announced that he will introduce legislation that would effectively legalize recreational use of cannabis in Pennsylvania within the week. 

“If we trust our citizens to choose who will represent them in Harrisburg then we should trust them to decide whether or not to engage in recreational uses of cannabis,” Wheatley said.

While medical marijuana is legal, and Pittsburgh and Philadelphia have already decriminalized it, Wheatley feels that’s not enough to undo the damage of the tough drug policies of the ‘80s. 

Susquehanna County’s 25,000 registered voters will be the first in Pennsylvania to use new voting machines this November.

Following new state guidelines released in spring, the state’s 67 counties had until the end of 2019 to implement paper record keeping voting machines. The guidelines were released in light of Russian interference in states’ voting infrastructure during the 2016 presidential election.

Charged with finding $3 billion in savings, Pennsylvania’s pension review board may have already reached their mark.

In a hearing Thursday of the Public Pension Management and Asset Investment Review Commission — set up by the 2017 pension reform bill — testimony from two experts to the commission revealed that the state might have paid $3.8 billion in unreported fees over the past ten years.

Specifically, the fees appeared to come from carried interest, or money a private equity firm, especially on alternative investments, takes in excess of its share of a partnership.

Check out the week as described by Tweets from lawmakers, influencers, and others around Pennsylvania state government.