Apr. 07, 2022 /
WHAT: Rep. Gary W. Day (R-Berks/Lehigh), chairman of the House Aging and Older Adult Services Committee, along with members of the committee will be holding an informational meeting to discuss House Bill 2425 and concerns with communications between departments in long term care facilities. The committee will hear personal testimony focusing on older adult abuse.
Apr. 06, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – State Reps. Tommy Sankey (R-Clearfield/Cambria) and Mike Armanini (R-Clearfield/Elk) are praising a Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania decision that stalls Gov. Tom Wolf’s one-man campaign to enroll the state in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
Apr. 06, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Area farmers and those with agriculture-related businesses are invited to a free Farmers Breakfast on Thursday, May 12, with Rep. Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) and Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding.
Apr. 06, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Parke Wentling (Crawford/Erie/Lawrence/Mercer) is urging backyard chicken owners to protect their flocks and exercise precautions after the National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa, confirmed a redhead duck, found March 25 along state game lands in Crawford County, died from the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI H5N1).
Apr. 05, 2022 /
BUTLER AND MERCER COUNTIES – Residents of the eighth legislative district in Mercer and Butler counties are invited to attend one of the upcoming Senior Breakfasts hosted by Rep. Tim Bonner (R-Mercer/Butler).
Apr. 05, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Jim Struzzi (R-Indiana) is looking forward to meeting with residents of the 62nd Legislative District at one of three town hall meetings he will be hosting in April and May.
Apr. 05, 2022 /
WHAT: The past few election cycles have been ripe with issues. In advance of the Pennsylvania Primary Election next month, the House State Government Committee will hold a hearing with elections officials to review election preparations.
Apr. 04, 2022 /
Measure would enable crime victims to access police investigation information when filing civil lawsuits.
Apr. 04, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Legislation being crafted by Rep. Tom Mehaffie (R-Dauphin) would spur development of small modular reactors, which are nuclear fission reactors that can provide clean energy despite weather conditions and sunshine.
Apr. 01, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Ryan Warner’s (R-Fayette/Westmoreland) bill to better protect consumers who travel the Pennsylvania Turnpike has been approved by the House Transportation Committee.
Apr. 01, 2022 /
WHAT: Rep. Gary W. Day (R-Berks/Lehigh), chairman of the House Aging and Older Adult Services Committee, along with members of the committee will be holding an informational meeting to discuss House Bill 2425 and concerns with communications between departments in long term care facilities. The committee will hear personal testimony focusing on older adult abuse.
Apr. 01, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – The House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee on Wednesday in Harrisburg approved several bills aimed at helping Pennsylvania dairy farmers, including one piece of legislation introduced by local state Rep. Joe Kerwin (R-Dauphin/Schuylkill) that would streamline the certification process for milk testers.
Mar. 31, 2022 /
On Thursday, state Rep. Mike Armanini (R-Clearfield/Elk) presented a House citation to Madeline Lanzel of St. Marys, who recently won four state titles at the 2022 Pennsylvania State YMCA Championship in York as a member of the Ridgway YMCA Blue Tide.
Mar. 31, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Lynda Culver (R-Northumberland/Snyder) says the timing was perfect.
Mar. 31, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – While the federal government is allowing states to turn a blind eye to recovering overpayments through pandemic unemployment programs, Rep. Seth Grove (R-York) sent letters to Gov. Tom Wolf and Department of Labor and Industry Secretary Jennifer Berrier to instead seek justice and return the hundreds of millions of dollars fraudulently obtained through the programs.
Mar. 30, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Legislation authored by state Rep. Jim Struzzi (R-Indiana) that would protect
workers and taxpayers from the threat posed by Gov. Tom Wolf’s desire to enroll Pennsylvania in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was advanced to the state Senate today with support from both sides of the aisle in the state House.
Mar. 30, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania House of Representatives had a successful week by tackling issues of importance to Pennsylvanians and the rest of the free world by taking on Russia by divesting Commonwealth financial assets from Russian investments while investing in freedom by leading on energy independence, House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) said Wednesday.
Mar. 30, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Karen Boback (R-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming) is the prime sponsor of legislation to rename a portion of U.S. Route 11 in Luzerne County in memory of the late Rep. George Hasay. House Bill 2068 passed unanimously in the House of Representatives today and will next be considered by the Senate.
Mar. 30, 2022 /
YORK- Rep. Stan Saylor (R-York) today announced that his resolution urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Gov. Philip Murphy to end their states’ policies banning the construction of any new natural gas pipelines passed in the state House by a vote of 134-64.
Mar. 30, 2022 /
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) announced Wednesday that the Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted by an overwhelming bipartisan majority to reassert legislative authority and require the General Assembly’s approval before the Commonwealth can enter multi-state compacts, like the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, that would increase energy taxes on Pennsylvanians.