May 6, 2019
SB 89, PN 454 (Hughes) – This bill would rename vocational-technical schools as career and technical schools and provide further updates to Pennsylvania’s Public School Code. Senator Hughes offered amendment A00868, which is technical in nature. The Senate agreed to...
May 6, 2019
HARRISBURG – May 6, 2019 – With National Small Business Week (May 5- 11) now underway, state Sens. John Blake and Vincent J. Hughes today unveiled legislation that would create financial incentives to help small businesses succeed. One bill in the package would create...
May 6, 2019
Legislature “Sextortion” bill would criminalize sexual coercion in Pa. https://www.witf.org/news/2019/05/sextortion-bill-would-criminalize-sexual-coercion.php Bucks lawmakers support state, federal climate action...
May 5, 2019
Election Reform Stop real threat https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/stop-real-threat-1.2478419 Pressure grows to loosen party grip on Pennsylvania primary...
May 4, 2019
Legislation Pa. EITC tax is getting bigger https://www.bedfordgazette.com/pa-eitc-tax-is-getting-bigger/article_f91d6912-37d4-55a0-aa27-007ce75667c3.html EDITORIAL: Consider the source of truly dumb legislation...
May 3, 2019
The Senate approved Senate Bill 48 by a vote of 27-21. The bill would have prohibited the Pennsylvania Department of State from disapproving or decertify voting machines in 50 percent or more counties unless the department submitted a written plan to the President Pro...
May 3, 2019
Sen. Larry Farnese (D-Phila.), Rep. Dan Frankel (D-Allegheny), Rep. Brian Sims (D-Philadelphia), and Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D-Philadelphia) will hold a news conference on anti-discrimination legislation Monday, May 6 at 11 a.m. in the Capitol Media Center, East Wing,...
May 3, 2019
Legislature As March on Harrisburg approaches, lawmakers take stock of gift laws https://www.witf.org/state-house-sound-bites/2019/05/as-march-on-harrisburg-approaches-lawmakers-take-stock-of-gift-laws.php The PA crisis in senior care and its funding is intensifying,...
May 2, 2019
Legislature A program that keeps people with addiction out of prison is ‘extremely underused.’ A Senate bill could change that A program that keeps people with addiction out of prison is ‘extremely underused.’ A Senate bill could change that ‘There’s a water crisis in...
May 1, 2019
HARRISBURG – April 30, 2019 – Senate Bill 589, the Military Family Education Program (MFEP), or “Pennsylvania G.I. Bill” was unanimously voted out of the Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee today. A committee vote is expected on...
