News Digest :: December 16, 2019

Legislature Pa. lawmakers mount challenge to closing centers https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/pa-lawmakers-mount-challenge-to-closing-centers-1.2571834 Tabora Farms dispute sparks agritourism legislation...

News Digest :: December 15, 2019

Legislature Outraged’ by officer promotions, State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams urges Philly’s top cop to rescind them https://www.inquirer.com/news/state-senator-anthony-hardy-williams-outraged-by-philadelphia-police-promotions-20191215.html With Pa. House vote...

News Digest :: December 14, 2019

State News Lawsuit seeks to force Pennsylvania to scrap these electronic voting machines over hacking fears  https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/vote-hacking-russia-presidential-election-pennsylvania-philadelphia-trump-20191213.html Pa. AG Shapiro says Trump’s...

News Digest :: December 13, 2019

Legislature Wage boosts for hundreds of thousands hang in balance due to Capitol standoff https://www.dailyitem.com/news/local_news/wage-boosts-for-hundreds-of-thousands-hang-in-balance-due/article_e3fa83f7-83ce-5832-b43d-779dcc154f6e.html Renovated Reading Penn...

News Digest :: December 12, 2019

Legislature Officials shut down several ‘stop-and-go’ corner stores in Philadelphia https://6abc.com/officials-shut-down-several-stop-and-go-corner-stores-in-philly/5742509/ Montgomery County lawmaker moves to add mandatory minimum sentences to criminal...

News Digest :: December 11, 2019

Legislature More work to be done before probation reform bill can be celebrated as reform | Editorial https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/pennsylvania-probation-reform-bill-house-representatives-harrisburg-20191211.html Illuminate drug pricing...

News Digest :: December 10, 2019

Legislature Pashinski introduces property tax reduction bill Pashinski introduces property tax reduction bill Pashinski proposes property tax rebate plan https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/pashinski-proposes-property-tax-rebate-plan-1.2569487 ‘This is not a reform...

News Digest :: December 9, 2019

Legislature Pa.’s recently approved statute of limitations reform fell short. This is how | Sens. Tim Kearney and Katie Muth Pa.’s recently approved statute of limitations reform fell short. This is how | Opinion Hoping to hit a home run: How a business owner...

News Digest :: December 8, 2019

Legislative State can’t hide its deficit as ‘structural’ https://www.altoonamirror.com/opinion/editorials/2019/12/state-cant-hide-its-deficit-as-structural/ Reasonable and humane: Minimum wage bill is a step forward for workers...

News Digest :: December 7, 2019

Legislative US gains a robust 266,000 jobs; unemployment falls to 3.5% https://www.meadvilletribune.com/us-gains-a-robust-jobs-unemployment-falls-to/article_d7dbd05f-6249-55db-bfa1-8b7bc2e6f9a7.html Bill would offer alternative for suspending driver’s licenses...