News Digest :: July 12, 2019

Legislature Why fire chiefs wants more restrictions on Pa. fireworks https://www.witf.org/news/2019/07/why-a-bucks-county-fire-chief-and-lawmaker-wants-more-restrictions-on-pa-fireworks.php Pennsylvania’s small cities are strapped for cash. Can lawmakers help them...

News Digest :: July 11, 2019

Legislature As General Assistance ends, worries grow about impact on low-income Pennsylvanians https://www.inquirer.com/news/general-assistance-pennsylvania-low-income-homeless-project-home-20190710.html DePasquale: Scrap Keystone exams for high school kids and...

News Digest :: July 10, 2019

Voting Machines After Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf announces $90 million to upgrade voting machines, GOP pushes back https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/pa-voting-machine-funding-90-million-20190709.html GOP balks at Wolf’s plan to borrow up to $90M to fund voting...

News Digest :: July 9, 2019

New Laws Wolf signs bill to strengthen student sexual assault reporting at Pa. colleges https://www.inquirer.com/news/gov-tom-wolf-signs-sexual-assault-reporting-college-campus-20190708.html PA passes landmark assault-reporting requirements for colleges...

News Digest :: July 8, 2019

Legislature ‘Everything inside of me broke.’ Newly elected Pa. lawmaker wants the Capitol to confront gun violence https://www.inquirer.com/news/movita-johnson-harrell-gun-violence-son-life-20190708.html Fathers’ rights? Sponsor of Pa. custody law bill stresses goal...

News Digest :: July 7, 2019

Legislature PA GI Bill gives college benefits to National Guard families PA GI Bill gives college benefits to National Guard families The Legislature’s failure to pass a minimum wage hike, while eliminating general assistance, was a gut punch to Philadelphia | Opinion...