Apr. 02, 2025 /
HARRISBURG – After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January, Corsa Coal is shutting down its operations in Somerset County. The company, along with its subsidiaries in Friedens, are laying off 332 employees in Pennsylvania, effective this Friday, April 4.
Apr. 02, 2025 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Craig Williams (R-Delaware/Chester) has announced legislation to establish a private cause of action against government officials who willfully disregard federal immigration laws, including lawful detainers issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This proposed law would create a statutory exception to sovereign and governmental immunity, allowing individuals to seek damages for harm caused by the knowing release of illegal immigrants or knowing failure to notify ICE or honor ICE detainers.
Apr. 02, 2025 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Parke Wentling (R-Mercer) today announced that grant funding has been awarded for two veteran services organizations located in Mercer County.
Apr. 02, 2025 /
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Jim Struzzi (R-Indiana) released the following statement upon the announcement that the country’s largest natural gas-powered data center campus will be built at the site of the Homer City Generating Station:
Apr. 02, 2025 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. David Maloney (R-Berks) today announced his oversight investigation into where the money from the sale of Hunter Heritage license plates has only led to more disturbing questions about the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s (PGC) status as a supposed “independent commission.”
Apr. 01, 2025 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Gary Day (R-Lehigh) today questioned why a Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (LBFC) report about the Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone (NIZ) will be kept confidential.
Apr. 01, 2025 /
Apr. 01, 2025 /
WHAT: Human trafficking is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the nation, and children are frequently being victimized right in their own homes, often via the internet. Two events are being held to help parents, grandparents and others in the community learn to recognize and combat this crime.
Apr. 01, 2025 /
WHAT: Human trafficking is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the nation, and children are frequently being victimized right in their own homes, often via the internet. Two events are being held to help parents, grandparents and others in the community learn to recognize and combat this crime.
Apr. 01, 2025 /
HARRISBURG – During the PGC’s Annual Report before the House Game and Fisheries meeting, Maloney, the Republican chairman, questioned PGC executive director Steve Smith on the status and locating of a domesticated whitetail deer named “Baby” that was forcibly seized from a family in Fayette County on Feb. 25.
Apr. 01, 2025 /
LUZERNE – Rep. Brenda Pugh (R-Luzerne) is inviting residents to join her for a District Office Open House on Thursday, April 3. Constituents can stop by the office in Luzerne, located at 161 Main St., anytime between 4-6 p.m.
Apr. 01, 2025 /
GIBSONIA – Rep. Jeremy Shaffer (R-Allegheny) announced an open house at his Gibsonia District Office, located at 4411 Gibsonia Road, Suite 2, Gibsonia, on Thursday, April 10, from 1 - 4 p.m.
Mar. 31, 2025 /
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Dallas Kephart (R-Cambria/Clearfield) today announced that his upcoming town hall on Tuesday, April 15, in Clearfield has been cancelled due to the SCI Rockview Department of Corrections hearing being held that same evening.
Mar. 31, 2025 /
Mar. 31, 2025 /
Mar. 31, 2025 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Tim Twardzik (R-Schuylkill) announced two Schuylkill County schools have been awarded state funding to purchase new food service equipment for their cafeterias, ensuring students have access to nutritious meals in a well-equipped environment.
Mar. 31, 2025 /
HARRISBURG – New legislation authored by Rep. Perry Stambaugh (R-Perry/Juniata) would create a cost-share program to help farmers and foresters erect deterrent fencing to reduce crop and sapling damage from deer, bear, elk, turkeys, and other wildlife.
Mar. 28, 2025 /
Mar. 28, 2025 /
DOVER – Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover) was joined by two fellow House Republicans in being named State Legislators of the Month for March by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Reps. Eric Nelson (R-Westmoreland) and Barb Gleim (R-Cumberland) also received the honor.
Mar. 28, 2025 /
BUTLER – Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R-Butler/Lawrence) is inviting residents to attend an informative Concealed Carry Seminar. The event will be held on Wednesday, April 16, from 6- 7:30 p.m. at the Penn Township Municipal Building, located at 157 E. Airport Road, Butler.