Aug. 16, 2021 /
WHAT: Rep. Todd Stephens (R-Montgomery) will host the House Children and Youth Committee for a hearing on confidentiality and protecting children in abuse cases at school following a North Penn student’s lawsuit accusing school officials of failing to protect her from sexual assault.
Aug. 16, 2021 /
WHAT: Pennsylvania House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a public hearing focusing on the environmental and economic benefits of pipelines.
Aug. 13, 2021 /
WHAT: At the invitation of Reps. Jeff Wheeland (R-Lycoming) and Joe Hamm (R-Lycoming/Union), the House Majority Policy Committee, chaired by Rep. Martin Causer (R-Cameron/McKean/Potter), is hosting a hearing to continue the discussion of how best to grow Pennsylvania’s economy.
Aug. 12, 2021 /
WELLSBORO – In response to state permitting issues that ultimately resulted in the downgrade of the annual Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally (STPR) from a national to regional event, state and local officials gathered in front of the Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce building Thursday to pledge their unified support for the popular event that has been taking place annually since the 1970s.
Aug. 12, 2021 /
LEHIGHTON – After canceling last year due to the pandemic, Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon) and Sen. John Yudichak (D-Luzerne/Carbon) are once again co-hosting their Senior Citizens Expo on Wednesday, Sept. 1, in Lehighton.
Aug. 12, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – This week in Harrisburg, the House Transportation Committee, led by chairman Rep. Tim Hennessey (R-Chester) conducted a public hearing on House Bill 279, which, as written, would help undocumented mushroom, farm and orchard workers secure a driver’s license in Pennsylvania.
Aug. 11, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar (R-Bedford/Somerset) encourages farmers to apply for the Commonwealth Specialty Crop Block Grant program.
Aug. 11, 2021 /
WHAT: Community and business leaders in the Wellsboro area will discuss their commitment to restoring the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally (STPR) as part of the American Rally Association’s national championship in 2022. Event planners recently announced they had to downgrade this year’s event to an East Regional Championship event due to permitting issues with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). The change will have a negative economic impact on the community and rob this region and give to another the opportunity to showcase area forestlands on a worldwide stage.
Aug. 11, 2021 /
BRIDGEVILLE – Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny), a member of the House State Government Committee, will host the committee for a hearing on Wednesday, Aug. 25, to receive input from residents on congressional redistricting.
Aug. 10, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Legislation sponsored by Rep. Chris Quinn (R-Delaware) that would revamp driver education conducted outside of public schools was the subject of a House Transportation Committee hearing today. House Bill 1244 would repeal the 69-year-old Private Driver Education or Training School Act from 1952 and task PennDOT with developing a new curriculum and to license private driver educational schools under the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code.
Aug. 10, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Tim Bonner (R-Mercer/Butler) will host the first regional hearing in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on Congressional Redistricting on Tuesday, Aug. 24, at 9 a.m., at Ketler Auditorium in the Pew Fine Arts Center at Grove City College, and encourages the public to take part in the public process or observe the proceedings.
Aug. 09, 2021 /
WASHINGTON COUNTY – Rep. Natalie Mihalek (R-Allegheny/Washington) will hold a Women’s Vendor Expo on Friday, Aug. 20, from 9-11 a.m. at Valley Brook Country Club, located at 425 Hidden Valley Road, Canonsburg.
Aug. 05, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Natalie Mihalek (R-Allegheny/Washington) and Rep. Jesse Topper (R- Bedford/Franklin/Fulton) today announced the scheduling of a joint hearing by the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Education, chaired by Mihalek, and the House Education Committee Subcommittee on Higher Education, chaired by Topper, to review higher education funding in Pennsylvania.
Aug. 05, 2021 /
Saving Title IX in Pennsylvania
Aug. 05, 2021 /
Letter to Governor calls for collaboration, not emergency declaration
Aug. 05, 2021 /
Through 10 hearings and countless hours of work, the House State Government Committee conducted a thorough, comprehensive and nonpartisan review of our state’s election law and concerns raised by those involved in the voting process. As a result, House Bill 1300, The Pennsylvania Voting Rights Protection Act was introduced by Chairman Seth Grove. Over the next several weeks I will take an in-depth look at House Bill 1300 and why I support it.
Aug. 05, 2021 /
This week, in my second of three articles, I will explain expanded voter rights, protections and access as part of House Bill 1300. The Pennsylvania Election Code will provide electors more opportunity to vote, as well as enhanced rights and protections when casting your ballot.
Aug. 05, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – The House State Government Committee wants to hear from residents as it prepares to take its congressional redistricting hearings on the road, Rep. Seth Grove (R-York), the committee’s chairman, said.
Aug. 05, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin), a member of the Legislative Reapportionment Commission, commented Thursday on the ongoing work of the commission following two days of hearings that heard from citizens, experts, and advocacy organizations interested in state level redistricting.
Aug. 04, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Calling it an “intrusive government overreach,” Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon) today said he does not support the recommendations of Gov. Tom Wolf’s Transportation Revenue Options Commission (TROC), which submitted its final report last week.