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Politics and Government

Take Note: State Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman On What To Expect In The Upcoming Year

WPSU | By Anne Danahy

Published March 15, 2019 at 12:00 PM EDT

State Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman sitting in the WPSU radio studio

WPSU's Anne Danahy spoke with state Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman about issues ranging from recreational marijuana to the prospects of raising Pennsylvania's minimum wage. Corman represents the 34^th district, which includes Centre, Mifflin and Juniata counties and parts of Huntingdon County. He has served in the Senate since 1999, and won reelection last year. In 2014, Corman became Senate majority leader, making him second in command in the Senate.

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Anne Danahy

Anne Danahy has been a reporter at WPSU since fall 2017. Before crossing over to radio, she was a reporter at the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, and she worked in communications at Penn State. She is married with cats.

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