News Digest :: October 6, 2019
Legislature Bucks lawmakers introduce custody bill in honor of Kayden Mancuso https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20191005/bucks-lawmakers-introduce-custody-bill-in-honor-of-kayden-mancuso Bill demands halt to Polk, White Haven closures...News Digest :: October 5, 2019
Legislature Once again, Pa. House will bar nonbelievers from giving invocations https://whyy.org/articles/once-again-house-will-bar-nonbelievers-from-giving-invocations/ Funding transportation in Pennsylvania has been a bumpy road...News Digest :: October 4, 2019
Legislature Senate hearing focuses on big issues facing emergency services in state https://www.delcotimes.com/news/senate-hearing-focuses-on-big-issues-facing-emergency-services-in/article_d6f95c46-e60b-11e9-b6e9-f3d371b8bdaf.html Williams says supervised injection...Policy Hearing on the Future of Firefighting & EMS in the Commonwealth
Climate Caucus Praises Governor’s Proposal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
HARRISBURG − October 3, 2019 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and state Representative Steve McCarter (D-154), co-chairs of the bipartisan, bicameral Climate Caucus, along with vice-chair state Representative Carolyn Comitta (D-156) offered praise for Governor...Senator Costa Applauds Governor’s Move on Environmental Protection, Pledges to Continue the Fight in the Legislature
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.