Episode 5: Legislative session ends, election run-up (and polling) intensifies

The end of the legislative session and polling on the midterms.

• Katie Meyer
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  Katie Meyer was WITF’s Capitol Bureau Chief from 2016-2020. While at WITF, she covered all things state politics for public radio stations throughout Pennsylvania. Katie came to Harrisburg by way of New York City, where she worked at Fordham University’s public radio station, WFUV, as an anchor, general assignment reporter, and co-host of an original podcast. A 2016 graduate of Fordham, she earned several awards for her work at WFUV, including four 2016 Gracies.
  
  Katie is a native New Yorker, though she originally hails from Troy, a little farther up the Hudson River. She can attest that the bagels are still pretty good there.
  
  WITF's Capitol Bureau Chief Desk is partially funded through generous gifts made in the memory of Tony May through the Anthony J. May Memorial Fund.
  
  For more information about Tony May, click here.

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Survivors of child sexual abuse hug in the Pennsylvania Capitol while awaiting legislation to respond to a landmark state grand jury report on child sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in Harrisburg, Pa.

The state House and Senate ended their legislative session with a bang Wednesday night. Negotiations on a priority statute of limitations bill—which aimed to make it easier for victims of child sexual abuse to sue abusers—melted down.

Angela Couloumbis of the Philadelphia Inquirer joins us to explain what happened.

And lest we forget, the legislature also managed to shove dozens of other bills across the finish line in the nick of time. Stephen Caruso of the PLS Reporter walks us through some of the notable legislative achievements.

Plus, polling!

This is the time of year when candidates start watching poll numbers like hawks, and it doesn’t hurt to know what to look for as a voter. Pollsters Terry Madonna and Chris Borick unpack what pollsters have learned since 2016—when many polls were significantly off—and how to glean accurate information from voter surveys.

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