Post Session Report :: Wednesday, August 30, 2023

SB 757, PN 826 (Stefano) – This bill addresses a technical issue with language included in the Fiscal Code for FY 2022-23 for distribution of appropriated monies for Pennsylvania Chartered Schools for Deaf and Blind Children. The motion to suspend Rule 12 passed by...

News Digest:: August 30, 2023

Legislature Pennsylvania budget delay snares $1.1B in state funding | 90.5 WESA Around Town – South Philly Review Unregulated ‘Skill’ Machines are Games of Chance, Say Two-Thirds of Americans Familiar with Them | Recent Slot Releases, fresh industry news Google...

News Digest:: August 29, 2023

Legislature At Liberty Bell, noting march’s significance 60 years later | Local News | phillytrib.com PA Senate Democrats Hear Testimony on Games of Skill – DV Journal (delawarevalleyjournal.com) PA students are struggling to read – we must help them | AM 1250...

News Digest:: August 28, 2023

Legislature State public education funding’s teachable moment – City & State Pennsylvania (cityandstatepa.com) Funding for home repairs, public defense on hold as Pa. lawmakers negotiate final budget pieces | Local News | ncnewsonline.com Comitta announces...

State public education funding’s teachable moment

William Sax didn’t mince words as he led a group of lawmakers through the sweltering halls of his workplace in July. “You thought it was bad for a couple of minutes here … we come here every day,” Sax, a social studies teacher and building representative at South...

News Digest:: August 25, 2023

Legislature Pennsylvania budget delay snares $1.1B in state funding | 90.5 WESA Could games of skill in Pennsylvania soon be taxed? (mytwintiers.com) Erieite becomes new governing member of PA Historical & Museum Commission | WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com Addiction...

Lehigh Township Farm to Receive Funding to be Preserved

August 24, 2023 – A 22-acre crop farm in Lehigh Township will be preserved, Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) announced today. By preserving the farm via the State Agriculture Land Preservation Board, the land is prevented from future development. Farmers sell...