Sen. Kearney Issues Statement on Gov. Wolf’s Proposed Budget

HARRISBURG (February 3, 2021) – Senator Tim Kearney (D – Delaware/Chester), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement on Governor Tom Wolf’s proposed 2021 budget. After a year of hell for Pennsylvania families and our...

Sens. Costa, Hughes Respond to Gov. Wolf’s 2021-22 Budget Proposal

HARRISBURG — February 3, 2021 — Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) and Democratic Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) jointly responded to Gov. Tom Wolf’s 2021-22 Budget Address with a...

News Digest :: February 3, 2021

Legislature Pa. enacted 140 laws last year. Only 27 of them addressed the coronavirus. https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/spl/pennsylvania-legislature-tom-wolf-coronavirus-laws-2020-analysis-20210203.html Survivors of clergy sex abuse urge Gov. Wolf to...

News Digest :: February 2, 2021

Legislature Kathy Boockvar to resign as Pa.’s secretary of state over amendment issue https://www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2021/02/01/Kathy-Boockvar-pennsylvania-resign-Secretary-of-State-amendment-advertise-sexual-abuse/stories/202102010077 There’s another path...

News Digest :: February 1, 2021

Budget Marijuana, natural gas tax and higher minimum wage: Pa. Gov. Wolf’s budget plan carries familiar themes https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/02/marijuana-natural-gas-tax-and-higher-minimum-wage-pa-gov-wolfs-budget-plan-carries-familiar-themes.html COVID-19 is...