June 26, 2019
June 26, 2019
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,”...
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...
June 26, 2019
June 25, 2019
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 HB 65, PN 2240 (Sankey) – This bill makes several highway and bridge designations. A vote of 50-0 was recorded. HB 265, PN 2177 (Staats) – This bill would further provide for vocational, technical and agricultural educational...
June 25, 2019
Legislature Cash assistance program for Pa.’s poorest residents appears to be on brink of elimination https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/06/cash-assistance-program-for-pas-poorest-residents-appears-to-be-on-brink-of-elimination.html General Assembly moves closer to...
June 24, 2019
HARRISBURG – June 24, 2019 – Health and Human Services Committee Democratic Chairman State Senator Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) joined members of the PA General Assembly and statewide advocates to fight to protect the General Assistance program. House Bill...
June 24, 2019
HB 65, PN 69 (Sankey) – This bill designates a bridge in Cambria County as the Private First Class Steve L. Klosz Memorial Bridge. Senator K. Ward offered amendment A0 2192, which designates a plethora of highways and bridges across the Commonwealth. The amendment...
June 24, 2019
June 24, 2019
HARRISBURG – June 24, 2019 – Members of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus today jointly sent a letter to Governor Tom Wolf requesting a disaster declaration for gun violence in the Commonwealth. “We believe it is necessary to raise the public’s...
