Senator Costa Applauds Governor’s Move on Environmental Protection, Pledges to Continue the Fight in the Legislature

October 3, 2019

Pledges to Continue the Fight in the Legislature

Harrisburg, Pa.  − October 3, 2019 − Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa, Jr. applauded Governor Tom Wolf’s move today to instruct the PA Department of Environmental Protection to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

RGGI is a market-based collaboration among nine Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change while generating economic growth.

News Digest :: October 3, 2019

October 3, 2019

Legislature Survivors’ stories ‘made an impact’ on senators weighing changes to Pa.’s statutes of limitations...

News Digest :: October 2, 2019

October 2, 2019

Legislature Pennsylvania taking steps toward its own ‘Fair Pay to Play Act’ https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2019/10/01/california-fair-pay-to-play-act-gavin-newsom-pennsylvania/stories/201910010178 Pa. college athletes could earn financial...

Leach Proposes Constitutional Ban on Fracking

October 1, 2019

HARRISBURG – October 1, 2019 – State Senator Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery/Delaware) today announced legislation to create a constitutional amendment banning hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania. “My staff and I have toured fracking sites all over this commonwealth and...

News Digest :: October 1, 2019

October 1, 2019

Legislature Impasse looms over school taxes https://www.standardspeaker.com/news/impasse-looms-over-school-taxes-1.2539634 Pa. lawmakers accidentally took away school police officers’ ability to make arrests Pa. lawmakers accidentally took away school police officers’...

News Digest :: September 30, 2019

September 30, 2019

Legislature Sexual abuse survivors to testify in state Senate hearing https://www.dailyitem.com/news/local_news/sexual-abuse-survivors-to-testify-in-state-senate-hearing/article_a0530eac-ebec-5b54-a323-d3bec76cf417.html CNN’s Van Jones on what unifies America: ‘We...

News Digest :: September 29, 2019

September 29, 2019

Legislature House GOP leaders: ‘No interest in legalizing recreational marijuana’ House GOP leaders: ‘No interest in legalizing recreational marijuana’ New chapter opens in Pennsylvania in fight over suing church...