Nov. 14, 2019 /
DOVER – Projects to covert two former golf courses in the 196th Legislative District to parks each received $250,000 in grants through the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s (DCNR) Bureau of Recreation and Conservation, Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover) announced today.
Nov. 14, 2019 /
BELLE VERNON – In an effort to promote revitalization through recreation, Rep. Bud Cook (R-Washington/Fayette) will be hosting a travel and tourism summit on Saturday, Nov. 23, at the California University Convocation Center, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with doors opening at 8 a.m.
Nov. 14, 2019 /
BRIDGEVILLE – Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) today announced that more than $300,000 in Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2) grants were awarded for park projects in South Fayette Township.
Nov. 14, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford/Potter) is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations that Dec. 10 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans in Pennsylvania as a result of excessive precipitation that began on July 23, 2018.
Nov. 13, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – The aquaponics lab at Cedar Cliff High School is an impressive, state-of-the-art lab where students can engage in hands-on science and business education, according to Rep. Sheryl Delozier (R-Cumberland), who joined Gov. Tom Wolf on a tour of the lab today.
Nov. 13, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) issued the following statement today in response to Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale issuing his alarmist special report on climate change:
Nov. 13, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Reps. Tedd Nesbit (R-Butler/Mercer) and Marci Mustello (R-Butler) today announced the awarding of $1 million in state funding to reconstruct Harrisville Road in Cherry Township, Butler County.
Nov. 13, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Legislation to amend Title 65 (Public Officers) to include restrictions on gifts to public officers, public employees and candidates for public office introduced by Rep. Garth Everett (R-Lycoming/Union) will be voted on by the House State Government Committee next week.
Nov. 13, 2019 /
Last Wednesday, the governor signed into law one of the most comprehensive efforts to modernize and improve Pennsylvania’s elections since the 1930s. Senate Bill 421, finalized last week by the House of Representatives, establishes mail-in voting in the Commonwealth, gives Pennsylvanians more time to register to vote ahead of elections, and eliminates the straight-party ticket option from ballots.
Nov. 13, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – State grant funding in the amount of $174,000 has been awarded to East Penn Township for further development of the D&L Trail, according to Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon).
Nov. 13, 2019 /
MOON TOWNSHIP – Rep. Valerie Gaydos (R-Allegheny) today announced that she secured $491,267 in state gaming proceeds to benefit local projects within the 44th Legislative District. The funds were officially approved by the Gaming Economic Development Fund (GEDF).
Nov. 12, 2019 /
HARRISBURG - Rep. Parke Wentling (R-Crawford/Erie/Lawrence/Mercer) today announced that Cochranton Borough has been awarded a grant totaling $150,000 for the repaving of South Franklin Street.
Nov. 12, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) has awarded grants to two municipalities in Snyder County, according to Senator John R. Gordner (R-27) and Representative David H. Rowe (R-85). Through the support of both members, funds were made available through the Multimodal Transportation Fund program.
Nov. 12, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Sen. Wayne Langerholc Jr. (R-35) and Rep. Jim Rigby (R-71) today announced the approval of $2.1 million in state grants to help pay for transportation projects in Cambria and Clearfield counties.
Nov. 12, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. James Struzzi (R-Indiana) and Sen. Joe Pittman (R-Armstrong/Butler/Indiana/Westmoreland) today announced that the Commonwealth Financing Authority has approved a grant of $177,761 for Phase 1 reconstruction of Redding Run Road in Washington Township.
Nov. 12, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Barb Gleim (R-Carlisle) announced today the Cumberland Valley Rails-to-Trails Council Inc. has been awarded a $193,700 grant for the development of the Cumberland Valley Rail Trail in West Pennsboro Township.
Nov. 12, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Funding to address a major transportation and safety concern in Mount Union Borough has been approved today by the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) under the Multimodal Transportation Fund. A grant of $500,000 has been awarded to the borough to replace the retaining wall along Pennsylvania Avenue Linear Park, according to Rep. Rich Irvin (R-Huntingdon/Centre/Mifflin) and Sen. Judy Ward (R-Blair/Fulton/Cumberland/Franklin/Huntingdon), who both advocated strongly for the funding.
Nov. 12, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Martin Causer (R-Turtlepoint) today announced more than $300,000 in state grant funding for ATV and snowmobile trail development in the Susquehannock State Forest in Potter County.
Nov. 12, 2019 /
ABBOTTSTOWN – A longtime brownfield in Oxford Township, Adams County will be revitalized into a job-creating industrial hub partially through a $570,000 Multimodal Transportation Fund Program grant, announced Rep. Torren Ecker (R-Adams/Cumberland).
Nov. 12, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon) today announced the awarding of $842,185 in state funding to assist with a street improvement project in Bowmanstown Borough, Carbon County.