Nov. 18, 2019 /
WHAT: The House Human Services Committee, chaired by Rep. Gene DiGirolamo (R-Bucks), will hold a public hearing on Senate Bill 675, which provides for licensure of office-based Buprenorphine prescribers.
Nov. 15, 2019 /
WHAT: House Speaker Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) and officials with Philadelphia Charters for Excellence (PCE) will host charter school parents, students and educators at the state Capitol to rally against Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposal to drastically cut funding to Pennsylvania’s charter schools. Philadelphia has the state’s largest concentration of charter schools. The schools are in such demand in the city that more than 30,000 students are on charter school waitlists.
Nov. 15, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – The National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) honored Rep. Stephen Barrar (R-Chester/Delaware) with its annual Charles Dick Medal of Merit. Barrar received the award at the Pennsylvania National Guard Associations annual conference in Lancaster on Saturday.
Nov. 15, 2019 /
WHAT: Reps. Jim Struzzi (R-Indiana), Donna Oberlander (R-Clarion/Armstrong/Forest) and Pam Snyder (D-Greene/Fayette/Washington) will officially unveil and discuss their legislation which would require legislative approval before Pennsylvania could impose a carbon tax or enter into any multi-state program that would impose such a tax.
Nov. 15, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – When it comes to the debate over school choice, state Rep. Mike Jones (R-York Township) says supporters need only look to the state Capitol area for evidence.
Nov. 14, 2019 /
HARRISBURG - Rep. Parke Wentling (R-Crawford/Erie/Lawrence/Mercer) today announced
that the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) has awarded grants totaling
$328,800 to fund recreational improvement and conservation projects benefiting communities
in Crawford, Erie and Mercer counties.
Nov. 14, 2019 /
HARRISBURG—Rep. Thomas Murt (R-Montgomery/Philadelphia) joined Gov. Tom Wolf and Pennsylvania's Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Anthony Carrelli at a press conference to release a new report that revealed most young adults in Pennsylvania do not qualify for military service.
Nov. 14, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Craig Staats (R-Bucks) announced today that Quakertown and Sellersville boroughs will receive more than $370,000 in state recreation and conservation grants for improvements to local parks.
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.