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...
May 1, 2019
May 1, 2019
SB 316, PN 295 (Gordner) – This legislation would allow Second Class Township boards of supervisors to authorize newly elected supervisors to attend trainings relevant to their elected office prior to assuming office. This would also allow the boards of...
May 1, 2019
May 1, 2019
Legislature Pa. Senate moves to slow down the replacement of voting machines https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/04/pa-senate-moves-to-slow-down-the-replacement-of-voting-machines.html House, Senate committees approve ‘PA GI Bill’ providing college grants for state...
