News Digest :: June 27, 2019

Legislature Rare fight erupts on Pa. Senate floor amid debate over program for the poor https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania-senate-general-assistance-fetterman-scarnati-chaos-fight-20190626.html Chaos erupts in Pennsylvania Senate over welfare bill...

Post Session Report :: Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Wednesday, June 26, 2019 SB 117, PN 1034 (Langerholc) – An Act designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 3016 (Bedford Street) over Solomon Run in the City of Johnstown, Cambria County, as the Seaman Apprentice Kenneth D. Scaife Memorial Bridge. Senate...

Senate Approves Boscola’s Bill to Eliminate Straight Party Voting

HARRISBURG – June 25, 2019 — The state Senate today voted 30 to 20 in favor of Sen. Lisa Boscola’s Senate bill 421, which would do away with straight party voting. “Straight-ticket voting promotes the election of a party, not the election of a candidate,”...

News Digest :: June 26, 2019

Legislature Senate moves to give independent voters a voice in Pa. primary elections https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/06/senate-moves-to-give-independent-voters-a-voice-in-pa-primary-elections.html Pa. Assembly eyes open primaries, end to straight-ticket voting...