Senator Blake Reaction to 2018-19 Budget :: February 6, 2018
Senator Dinniman’s Reaction to 2018-19 Budget Address
SB 1044 – Raise the Minimum Wage Press Conference
Senator Tartaglione Introduces Legislation to Raise Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage
Lawmakers and workers’ advocates renewed the call for fair, family-sustaining wages HARRISBURG, PA, February 5, 2018 – State Sen. Christine Tartaglione today announced recently introduced legislation that proposes to raise Pennsylvania’s long-stagnant minimum wage....Dinniman: Sunoco Appeals DEP Suspension, Donations Pour in for Risk Assessment of Mariner East II
WEST CHESTER (February 5, 2018) – State Senator Andy Dinniman said today that residents’ plans to obtain an independent risk assessment of Sunoco’s Mariner East II pipeline are moving forward. “Residents impacted by the pipeline and members of local and regional...Post Session Report :: Monday, February 5, 2018
HB 631, PN 668 (Marsico) – This bill amends Title 42 to require the court, upon sentencing a person for a Tier III sex offense under the Adam Walsh Act (relating to sexual offenses and tier system), to order the offender to serve a three-year period of probation...Senate Democratic Wrap-Up for the Week of January 28, 2018
The Senate unanimously passed House Bill 359, which adds bear and elk under the mistaken kill provisions of the Game law. The measure provides for a $100 restitution fine and would revoke one’s hunting license unless the following conditions are met: The violation is...Action to Address Worker Wages First Step on Long Road to Equity
By State Senator Vincent Hughes
Frustrated by years of resistance from legislative Republicans to raise worker wages, Gov. Tom Wolf announced plans to lift the state’s salary threshold below which Pennsylvania salaried workers automatically receive overtime pay. The governor’s action is hard on the heels of efforts by my colleagues and I to address worker pay and make our wage and salary system equitable.