Episode 15: Session begins anew

A roundtable discussion with reporters and a conversation with House Majority Leader Bryan Cutler.

• 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.
  
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In a House committee meeting, the subject of how Pennsylvania manages its regulations was front and center.

A new legislative session is dawning in Harrisburg, and with that comes a lot of change.

This week, the state Capitol was flooded with family and friends and supporters of dozens of new lawmakers, as they were sworn in for the next two years.

The House and Senate also approved a whole bunch of changes to the internal rules that’ll govern them this session. Plus, House Republicans have announced their new slate of committee chairs—people who have a lot of influence on which bills get heard in the chamber.

Stephen Caruso from the PLS Reporter and Charlie Thompson of PennLive join us to discuss what this all means—plus, we’ll hear directly from newly-minted House Majority Leader Bryan Cutler.