Mar. 11, 2020 /
ALTOONA – To ensure residents have up-to-date information on managing stormwater, Rep. Lou Schmitt (R-Blair) and Sen. Judy Ward (R-30) will host a program about stormwater management for property owners. The program is being held in conjunction with the Blair County Conservation District (BCCD) and the Southern Alleghenies Planning and Development Commission (SAP&DC).
Mar. 11, 2020 /
BUTLER – Rep. Marci Mustello (R-Butler) is teaming up with Butler County Veterans Services to host an Aid and Attendance Seminar for Veterans and Family Members on Friday, March 13, from 1-3 p.m. at American Legion 778, 150 Memorial Legion Lane in Lyndora.
Mar. 11, 2020 /
WHAT: Rep. Martin Causer (R-Cameron/McKean/Potter), chairman of the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, and Rep. Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford/Potter) are hosting a breakfast for area farmers and others in the agriculture industry. Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding is the featured speaker.
Mar. 11, 2020 /
WHAT: Rep. Martin Causer (R-Cameron/McKean/Potter), chairman of the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, and Rep. Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford/Potter) are hosting a breakfast for area farmers and others in the agriculture industry. Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding is the featured speaker.
Mar. 11, 2020 /
HARRISBURG – Christopher SantaMaria, chairman of the board of trustees of the Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS), has named Rep. Frank Ryan (R-Lebanon) chairman of the PSERS Audit and Compliance Committee, a key committee as PSERS prepares for its annual audit and moves to address its $44 billion unfunded pension liability.
Mar. 11, 2020 /
BUTLER - Rep. Marci Mustello (R-Butler) issued the following statement after the new buyer of AK Steel promised to close the Butler plant if a loophole in the Trump steel tariff is not closed.
Mar. 10, 2020 /
HARRISBURG – As Gov. Tom Wolf’s threat to veto legislation (House Bill 1100) seeking to establish an Energy and Fertilizer Manufacturing Tax Credit in the Commonwealth is still looming, Sen. John Yudichak (I-Carbon/Luzerne) and Rep. Aaron Kaufer (R-Luzerne), the bill’s sponsor, stood alongside local laborers and business leaders to reinforce the positive impact this legislation will have on Pennsylvania’s economy and its workforce.
Mar. 10, 2020 /
HARRISBURG – Working to bring broadband services to the state’s rural communities, Reps. Martin Causer (R-Cameron/McKean/Potter) and George Dunbar (R-Westmoreland) have introduced the Unserved High-Speed Broadband Funding Program.
Mar. 10, 2020 /
HARRISBURG—Rep. Thomas Murt (R-Montgomery/Philadelphia) will introduce a resolution urging the House Children and Youth Committee to establish a subcommittee to investigate a former Lower Merion School District teacher who has been accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old student in 1985 at Bala Cynwyd Middle School.
Mar. 09, 2020 /
WASHINGTON — The Washington Blight Working Group (WBWG) announced its plans to walk the neighborhoods in the city of Washington beginning in late March in order to survey properties to strategize ways to fight the spread of blight, Rep. Tim O’Neal said.
Mar. 09, 2020 /
CONNEAUT LAKE - Rep. Parke Wentling (R-Crawford/Erie/Lawrence/Mercer) today congratulated the Northwest Workforce Development Board for qualifying to receive a $90,189 grant from the State/Local Internship Program (SLIP).
Mar. 09, 2020 /
HARRISBURG – Reps. Torren Ecker (R-Adams/Cumberland) and Dawn Keefer (R-York/Cumberland) issued the following statement in response to the deaths of 34-year-old Jerome Guise, a firefighter with Citizen Fire Company in Mount Holly Springs, and a woman in a house that was on fire early this morning:
Mar. 09, 2020 /
LOCK HAVEN – Rep. Stephanie Borowicz (R-Centre/Clinton) is hosting a Farmers Breakfast for those involved in the agriculture industry throughout the 76th District.
Mar. 09, 2020 /
MEADVILLE – State Rep. Brad Roae (R-Crawford/Erie) on Wednesday, March 18, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. will be hosting at the Cambridge Springs Senior Center a clinic to help eligible local residents apply for a rebate of up to $650 on the property taxes or rent they paid in 2019.
Mar. 09, 2020 /
WHAT: Speaker of the House Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny), Majority Leader Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster), along with other legislators and numerous state union members, will host a press conference advocating for family-sustaining jobs/careers and promoting a prosperous economy by supporting bipartisan manufacturing tax credit legislation (House Bill 1100).
Mar. 06, 2020 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) today announced that the Bradford County Historical Society has been awarded a Cultural and Historical Support Grant in the amount of $4,000 by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC).
Mar. 06, 2020 /
KANE – Rep. Martin Causer (R-Turtlepoint) is teaming up with Friends’ Memorial Library in Kane to host a REAL ID information seminar on Wednesday, March 25, at 2 p.m. The library is located at 230 Chase St., Kane.
Mar. 06, 2020 /
HARRISBURG – A state grant in the amount of $42,738 this week was awarded to the Northern Tier Workforce Development Board to fund summer internships for young people in the region, according to Reps. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) and Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford/Potter).
Mar. 06, 2020 /
HARRISBURG – A state grant in the amount of $42,738 this week was awarded to the Northern Tier Workforce Development Board to fund summer internships for young people in the region, according to Reps. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) and Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford/Potter).
Mar. 06, 2020 /
It is my distinct privilege to serve the constituents of the 97th Legislative District. A concern I hear frequently is, when will the General Assembly pass property tax reform? The fact of the matter is that all Pennsylvanians, should they choose to retire and stay here, will be dealing with constantly rising school property taxes while on a fixed income.