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...
June 24, 2019
Legislature Voting rights and election reform are hot topics with Pa. lawmakers. It’s a moment three decades in the making. https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/voting-rights-elections-legislation-pa-20190624.html When it comes to grading teachers in Pa.,...
June 23, 2019
Budget Budget pressure, policy agendas collide ahead of deadline https://hosted.ap.org/thetimes-tribune/article/2bc748dfc24249d88dde4954a94d4211/budget-pressure-policy-agendas-collide-ahead-deadline Lawmakers prepare for final push to pass state budget...
June 21, 2019
The Senate unanimously approved House Bill 276, known nationally as “Marsy’s Law.” The measure would place the Crime Victim’s Bill of Rights in the state’s constitution. The amendment would enshrine into the state constitution rights that include notifications and...
June 21, 2019
Legislature Pa. bill would help college students with crushing debt burden | By Sens. Vincent Hughes, Lindsey Williams and Katie Muth https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/opinion/2019/06/pa-bill-would-help-college-students-with-crushing-debt-burden-opinion.html Letter to...
June 20, 2019
HARRISBURG– June 20, 2019 – Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) applauded the passage of his Sunday Hunting Bill (Senate Bill 147) out of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation, which would authorize the Game Commission to allow Sunday hunting...
June 20, 2019
Legislature Pa. Senate vote puts victims’ rights amendment before voters https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/pa-senate-vote-puts-victims-rights-amendment-before-voters/ Voters to decide whether to add victims’ rights to Pa. constitution: ’We are sending a clear...
June 19, 2019
