Sam Dunklau | WITF
Sam Dunklau is the Capitol Bureau Chief for WITF. He previously covered Illinois state government for NPR member station WUIS in Springfield, IL.
Since 2015, Sam has been floating around the radio airwaves as a reporter, disc jockey, and station manager. He grew up in the small midwestern town of Paw Paw, Illinois and is a proud graduate of Augustana College.
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Gov. Tom Wolf will soon consider an election bill from Republican State Senator and candidate for governor, Doug Mastriano. WITF’s Sam Dunklau reports, lawmakers approved the measure to expand what poll watchers are allowed to do during elections. -
The current state budget is set to expire Thursday, but WITF’s Sam Dunklau reports lawmakers are working out the mechanics of a new spending plan.
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The state legislature has offered up several pieces of legislation to address abortion in Pennsylvania. WITF’s Sam Dunklau reports many of the dozen pending proposals would make it harder to get one.
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A Pennsylvania House committee is moving forward a measure that would loosen rules for poll watchers. WITF’s Sam Dunklau reports.
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Advocates and service providers are protesting a proposal that could change the way people with disabilities in Pennsylvania hire day-to-day help. WITF’s Sam Dunklau reports.
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The state Senate is agreeing to a pair of measures designed to slash the state’s corporate net income tax rate over the next few years. WITF’s Sam Dunklau has details.
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A state House committee is moving forward a measure along party lines to ban private groups from giving county election departments money for their operations. WITF’s Sam Dunklau is following that bill.
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Pennsylvania House Democrats are protesting a move delaying debate on a group of bills aimed at addressing gun violence in the state. WITF’s Sam Dunklau has the details.
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Pennsylvania lawmakers are figuring out how to use several billion dollars of extra tax revenue in the state’s next spending plan. WITF’s Sam Dunklau reports majority Republicans say they’d like to put a portion of it in savings.
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A decades-long effort to privatize Pennsylvania’s state-owned liquor operation is gaining new traction in the state House. WITF’s Sam Dunklau reports a committee has approved the idea along party lines.
