Jan. 07, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – With problems still persisting in regard to the staff shortage at the Bushkill Post Office, as well as acquiring cluster mailboxes for the Saw Creek Estates community, Rep. Rosemary Brown (R-Monroe/Pike) provided the following statement demanding answers from the United States Postal Service (USPS), which at this time has chosen not to respond to Brown.
Jan. 07, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin), a commissioner on the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission, said Friday that it was clear after two days of commission hearings on the proposed plans that changes must be made to the preliminary House map.
Jan. 07, 2022 /
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a public hearing to receive testimony on the benefits, challenges and economics of rare earth mineral extraction.
Jan. 07, 2022 /
WHAT: The House State Government Committee will take up at its next meeting a series of bills to improve Pennsylvania’s election system and legislation to ensure citizens’ have a much larger say in the redistricting process. The committee will take up the following bills:
Jan. 07, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Legislation authored by Rep. Rich Irvin (R-Huntingdon/Centre/Mifflin) that would allow for faster workers’ compensation claims settlements was signed into law by Gov. Tom Wolf.
Jan. 07, 2022 /
WHAT: Rep. Rob Kauffman (R-Franklin), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, will hold a public hearing on House Bill 1393, sponsored by Rep. Jim Struzzi (R-Indiana).
Jan. 06, 2022 /
CHADDS FORD – Rep. Craig Williams (R-Chester and Delaware) announced more than $1.1 million in grants to the district from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Community Conservation Partnerships Program.
Jan. 06, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Wolf has turned his back on public debate of the congressional redistricting process after he declined a public meeting to discuss the proposed citizen map, House Speaker Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster), House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) and House State Government Committee Chairman Rep. Seth Grove (R-York) said.
Jan. 06, 2022 /
WHAT: Rep. Seth Grove (R-York) will hold a press conference to discuss Gov. Tom Wolf’s refusal to meet to discuss the congressional redistricting map. He will also provide an overview of the redistricting process and discuss a proposed Citizens Redistricting Commission.
Jan. 05, 2022 /
READING – Rep. Barry Jozwiak (R-Berks) announced that Fleetwood Borough and Tulpehocken Township will be awarded more than $260,000 in Community Conservation Partnership Program grants administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for local recreational development projects.
Jan. 05, 2022 /
EAST STROUDSBURG – Rep. Rosemary Brown (R-Monroe/Pike) announced her support of Hamilton and Smithfield townships along with Pike County being awarded $860,000 in Community Conservation Partnership Program (C2P2) grants administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for local recreational development projects.
Jan. 05, 2022 /
The citizens of this Commonwealth have the right to a government that is fair, accountable and transparent, and since I took office in 2016, my primary goal has been to ensure all of these. My secondary goal has always been to promote the Monongahela Valley, located in Southwest Pennsylvania, and work with local officials in the area for the betterment of this region.
Jan. 05, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Gary Day (R-Lehigh/Berks) today applauded key investments to preserve farmland in the Kutztown and Kempton areas of the 187th Legislative District.
Jan. 04, 2022 /
MCCANDLESS – In order to account for shifts in population, congressional and legislative districts must be redrawn every 10 years to ensure fairness and equal representation for Pennsylvanians. But what if both principles are absent? Rep. Rob Mercuri (R-Allegheny) hosted a House Majority Policy Committee hearing today to discuss how the Legislative Reapportionment Commission’s (LRC) redistricting map for the state House impacts communities and their constituencies.
Jan. 04, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Russ Diamond announced today that two farms in the 102nd District totaling 274 acres will be now protected as farmland in perpetuity placing out of the clutches of overzealous developers.
Jan. 04, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Meghan Schroeder (R-Bucks) congratulated Warwick Township on receiving funding to modernize the community park.
Jan. 04, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – In response to the Commonwealth Court’s decision to uphold current election law regarding mail-in ballots in Lehigh County, Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover), chair of the House State Government Committee, issued the following statement:
Jan. 04, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – On Jan. 1, 2022, after the clock struck midnight and the New Year rang in, State Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-12) announced to his family that he does not plan to seek re-election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2022.
Jan. 04, 2022 /
HARRISBURG—Rep. Todd Stephens (R-Montgomery) today announced Montgomery Township will receive a grant to rehabilitate Fellowship Park.
Jan. 03, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania House State Government Committee Chairman Seth Grove (R-York) wrote a letter to Legislative Reapportionment Commission Chairman Mark Nordenberg Monday suggesting that he follow the most transparent congressional redistricting process in Pennsylvania history, which was led by the House State Government Committee, and have the commission hold a hearing with the chairman’s map drawer, Dr. Jonathan Cervas, in order to fully and publicly examine the preliminary maps.