Senate Law and Justice Committee | September 17, 2019 | Grace Winery Glen Mills, Delaware County | Watch Live   [Read More]

Senators Scott Martin (R-13) and David G. Argall (R-29) have introduced a bill that would require able-bodied, non-elderly Medicaid recipients to seek employment or volunteer in the community as a condition of receiving benefits.   [Read More]

Speaking in front of a packed room at the Monroe County Safety Center, Sally Kozak, Deputy Secretary with the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, testified that broadband access is critical for the delivery of high-quality healthcare.   [Read More]

The Higher Education Funding Commission held its inaugural and organizational meeting yesterday (August 27) and will begin its work reviewing and making recommendations related to higher education funding, affordability and effectiveness and administration and operations, according to Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Pat Browne (R-Lehigh) and Education Secretary Pedro Rivera.   [Read More]

Legislation named in memory of Deana Eckman, Delco woman killed in February crash MEDIA, PA – Joined by the parents and husband of DUI homicide victim Deana Eckman, Senator Tom Killion (R – Chester and Delaware) today announced the introduction of groundbreaking legislation in her memory that would require the use of innovative technology to […]   [Read More]

The Special Education Funding Commission, which was originally established in Act 3 of 2012 to review and make recommendations regarding special education funding, is being reconstituted to review the current formula that determines special education payments to school districts in Pennsylvania, according to Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Pat Browne (R-Lehigh), House Education Committee Chairman Curtis Sonney (R-Erie) and Education Secretary Pedro Rivera.   [Read More]

State Senator Mike Regan (R-Cumberland & York), State Senator Lisa Baker (R- Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne & Wyoming), U.S. Representative Dan Meuser (R-Berks, Carbon, Columbia, Lebanon, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland & Schuylkill) and U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (D-Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike & Wayne) will host a Roundtable Discussion regarding the issue of Veterans Suicide on Thursday, August 29 at 11:00 a.m. at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center.    [Read More]

At a public hearing today in Everett, the Senate Education Committee, chaired by Senator Wayne Langerholc, Jr. (R-35), heard testimony from area educators, statewide officials and charter school representatives on how to establish a fairer approach to funding charter schools.   [Read More]

Members of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees highlighted advances in animal health and biosecurity during a public hearing today that was held in conjunction with Penn State’s Ag Progress Days 2019.   [Read More]