News Digest :: November 20, 2019

November 20, 2019

Legislature Pa. hourly minimum wage would rise to $9.50 in compromise bill https://www.post-gazette.com/business/career-workplace/2019/11/19/Pennsylvania-hourly-minimum-wage-would-rise-to-9-50-in-compromise-bill-wolf-15-overtime/stories/201911190142 Local lawmakers...

News Digest :: November 19, 2019

November 19, 2019

Legislature Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf makes a deal with GOP to move minimum wage bill in Senate https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania-minimum-wage-increase-tom-wolf-republicans-20191119.html In Pennsylvania, a proposed minimum wage increase may hinge on the...

Innamorato, Muth host briefing on SW PA childhood cancer

November 18, 2019

HARRISBURG, November 18, 2019 – Over the last decade at least 67 children in rural southwestern Pennsylvania have been diagnosed with rare childhood cancers, diagnoses that coincided with the rapid development of the Marcellus Shale gas fields across the Allegheny region.

News Digest :: November 18, 2019

November 18, 2019

Legislature Some lawmakers had concerns about pipeline safety long before FBI probe https://www.dailylocal.com/news/local/some-lawmakers-had-concerns-about-pipeline-safety-long-before-fbi/article_b0f14494-0890-11ea-8a2d-1fe72c1e14f6.html A rising number of pregnant...

News Digest :: November 17, 2019

November 17, 2019

Legislature State rep tells panel of family pain of suicide https://www.delcotimes.com/lifestyle/state-rep-tells-panel-of-family-pain-of-suicide/article_01451d75-94e2-551a-bd5c-a5ea2b060cbd.html Editorial: Property tax relief a must...

News Digest :: November 16, 2019

November 16, 2019

Legislature Reproductive rights, abortion top political agenda as Legislature returns next week https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/11/reproductive-rights-abortion-top-political-agenda-as-legislature-returns-next-week.html State doctors rail against law that proposes...