News Digest :: October 27, 2018

Administration Wolf signs 88 end-of-session bills, vetoes four http://www.witf.org/state-house-sound-bites/2018/10/wolf-signs-88-end-of-session-bills-vetoes-four.php Wolf signs law meant to help employers limit Pa. workers comp costs...

News Digest :: October 26, 2018

Legislature Important work undone: Lawmakers should complete child sex abuse bill http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018/10/26/Important-work-undone-Lawmakers-should-complete-child-sex-abuse-bill/stories/201810260058 Bill Tracker: Loading up ammo at...

News Digest :: October 25, 2018

Legislature Backers of child sex abuse lawsuit window rally in Capitol https://triblive.com/state/pennsylvania/14209983-74/backers-of-child-sex-abuse-lawsuit-window-rally-in-capitol Survivors of child sexual abuse call for Pa. Senate to return to Capitol to act on...

News Digest :: October 24, 2018

Legislature What’s New in Aging: Grandparenting help in wake of opioid epidemic http://www.post-gazette.com/news/aging-edge/2018/10/23/Pennsylvania-grandparents-opioid-epidemic-legislation-Wolf-bill-signings-kinship-navigator/stories/201810230134...

News Digest :: October 23, 2018

Legislature Human trafficking law signed into law with help from local lawmakers https://www.dailylocal.com/news/local/human-trafficking-law-signed-into-law-with-help-from-local/article_586a9a52-d6b2-11e8-bb50-97075a7cb0b1.html Keystone alternatives are needed...

News Digest :: October 22, 2018

Legislature Clergy abuse survivors, advocates continue push to change Pennsylvania law https://triblive.com/state/pennsylvania/14199590-74/clergy-abuse-survivors-advocates-continue-push-to-change-pennsylvania-law How Pennsylvania’s legislature gets away with not...

News Digest :: October 21, 2018

Elections Trump effect? Voter registration is up in Pennsylvania, especially among Democrats https://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-pa-lehigh-valley-voter-registration-party-switch-20181018-story.html – nt=oft12aH-3gp2 Casey, Barletta debate ends in emotional...

News Digest :: October 20, 2018

Elections Democrat Susan Wild holds edge, Republican Marty Nothstein in striking distance, poll shows https://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/capitol-ideas/mc-nws-pa-7-muhlenberg-college-poll-nothstein-wild-silfies-20181017-story.html –...

Senate Democratic Wrap-Up for the Week of October 15, 2018

The Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill 689, which would have amended the Real Estate Appraisers Certification Act (Act 98 of 1990) by providing for the appointment of two Certified Pennsylvania Evaluators to serve on the State Board of Certified Real Estate...