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Report: Paying Pa. lawmakers full-time salary helped boost legislature’s representation of mothers

By Kim Lyons

The number of women legilsators in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly who have school-age children has increased exponentially in the past two years according to a new report, and that representation is reflected in some of the policy initiatives that the legislature has put forth. 

The New York-based Vote Mama Foundation said in the report that as of February, 10.28% of Pennsylvania state lawmakers were mothers of minor children, a 225% increase from the organization’s 2022 report. And while the Keystone State still isn’t in the top ten list of states approaching proportional representation by mothers of young children, it has a key factor working in its favor: Legislators receive a full-time salary. 


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