Jan. 25, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Safe Schools Targeted Grants totaling nearly $195,000 have been awarded to the two school districts located in the 176th Legislative District, according to Rep. Jack Rader (R-Monroe).
Jan. 25, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – There is a concern that insurance costs will put children and youth services providers out of business and children will no longer be able to access services they need according to state Rep. Sheryl Delozier (R-Cumberland), who chaired a hearing today of the House Children and Youth Committee.
Jan. 25, 2022 /
WHAT: Knowing government spending must always be under scrutiny, the House State Government Committee will take up the following procurement reform bills during its next meeting:
Jan. 25, 2022 /
BEDFORD – Rep. Jesse Topper (R-Bedford/Franklin/Fulton) announced that forms for the state’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate program are now available at his offices.
Jan. 25, 2022 /
HARRISBURG—Reps. Martina White (R-Philadelphia) and Craig Williams (R-Delaware) have introduced legislation, House Bill 2275, to extend Act 58 of 2019, a bipartisan legislative effort that provides the attorney general concurrent jurisdiction over gun crime in Philadelphia.
Jan. 25, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Karen Boback (R-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming), chairman of the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, on Monday led a voting meeting at which six pieces of legislation to benefit Pennsylvania’s military members, veterans and emergency responders were unanimously approved.
Jan. 24, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Speaker of the House Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) and House Majority Rep. Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) issued the following statement after the Senate advanced House Bill 2146, the bill establishing Pennsylvania’s congressional districts:
Jan. 24, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Following a months-long congressional redistricting process, the Senate today approved a congressional map drawn by citizen Amanda Holt and sent it to Gov. Tom Wolf for his signature, Rep. Seth Grove (R-York), who introduced the map as House Bill 2146, said.
Jan. 24, 2022 /
WHAT: A House Labor and Industry Committee meeting to vote on several bills aimed at protecting public union workers’ personal information, providing public union workers with information about their rights, bringing additional transparency to the collective bargaining process by subjecting certain documents to Right-to-Know Law provisions, updating Pennsylvania’s collective bargaining laws to bring them in line with recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and preventing public employers from collecting political campaign contributions from union workers.
Jan. 24, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R-Beaver/Butler/Lawrence) today introduced legislation that will expand the number of nursing education programs in Pennsylvania and help improve the quality of life for current nurses.
Jan. 24, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – The House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee today approved legislation authored by Rep. Tracy Pennycuick (R-Montgomery) that would establish a 17-member Task Force on Women Veterans’ Health Care in Pennsylvania.
Jan. 24, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Natalie Mihalek (R-Allegheny/Washington) has introduced legislation that calls for a constitutional amendment to privatize Pennsylvania’s state-run liquor system. A hearing on the legislation was held Monday morning at the state Capitol building.
Jan. 24, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Allocating federal stimulus spending revenue to clean-water initiatives would provide the financial incentive farmers need to mitigate runoff into streams, according to testimony offered today about House Bill 1901.
Jan. 24, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – While the governor’s budget address is still more than two weeks away, Rep. Torren Ecker (R-Adams/Cumberland) is serving as the lead House Republican at the bicameral Performance-Based Budgeting hearings that started on Monday.
Jan. 24, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – The House Professional Licensure Committee today unanimously agreed to send House Bill 19 to the full House for its consideration, setting up the possibility of legislative approval of a measure that would allow applied behavior analysts to seek professional licensure in Pennsylvania.
Jan. 24, 2022 /
WHAT: Reps. Tom Mehaffie (R-Mehaffie) and K.C. Tomlinson (R-Bucks) as well as nurses from SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania will share updates on House Bill 106, the Patient Safety Act. The bill would establish safe patient limits for each individual nurse providing care.
Jan. 24, 2022 /
WHAT: Reps. Martina White (R-Philadelphia) and Craig Williams (R-Delaware) will hold a press conference to discuss extending Act 58 of 2019 to give Attorney General Josh Shapiro dual jurisdiction over Philadelphia.
Jan. 21, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – The Rockwood Area School District has been awarded a $25,000 Safe Schools Targeted Grant, according to Rep. Carl Metzgar (R-Somerset/Bedford). The funding will be used to purchase equipment to better protect students.
Jan. 21, 2022 /
WHAT: Rep. Sheryl Delozier (R-Cumberland) will chair a hearing about the insurance crisis for children and youth service providers.
Jan. 21, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Barb Gleim (R-Cumberland), and Rep. Robert Freeman (D-Northampton) will soon be introducing legislation that will support math fluency for all kindergarten through fifth-grade students throughout the Commonwealth with the First in Math initiative.