January 7, 2021
Legislature Top Pa. lawmakers who rejected election results denounce U.S. Capitol mob https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/spl/capitol-mob-violence-donald-trump-pennsylvania-legislature-reactions-20210106.html U.S. Capitol violence: Gov. Tom Wolf, Pa. state...
January 7, 2021
While the eyes of the nation narrowed on Georgia, Republican senators in Pennsylvania snatched the session from the state’s lieutenant governor and blocked the swearing-in Tuesday of a duly-elected Democratic senator in what amounts to an insurrection that threatens...
January 7, 2021
January 6, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Teresa Miller today recognized the unshakeable commitment of commonwealth employees whose service and sacrifice have protected the lives, health and safety of individuals receiving care at...
January 6, 2021
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., January 6, that there were 9,474 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 683,389. There are 5,684 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19,...
January 6, 2021
January 6, 2021
January 6, 2021
Legislature Pa. GOP senators refused to seat a Democrat and removed Lt. Gov. Fetterman from presiding https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/spl/john-fetterman-pennsylvania-senate-removed-republicans-jim-brewster-20210105.html Fireworks erupt in Pa. Senate...
January 5, 2021
Harrisburg, Pa. − January 5, 2021 − Today, Senate Republicans rejected efforts by Senator Lindsey M. Williams (D-Allegheny), Senator Katie Muth (D-Chester, Montgomery, Berks), and the Democratic caucus to reform the Senate operating rules and procedures in ways...
January 5, 2021
The seating of new Pennsylvania legislators turned into a bitter partisan spectacle Tuesday, as Republicans in the state Senate blocked a Democratic lawmaker from taking his oath of office and removed the Democratic lieutenant governor from his role overseeing the...
