Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity, Senator Lisa Baker and other supporters hold press conference highlighting the 5th anniversary of PA ABLE, Monday, April 11, at 1:00 p.m. in the Capitol Media Center. Watch Live [Read More]
Senate Republicans announced they will soon introduce a proposal sponsored by Senators Cris Dush (R-25), Ryan Aument (R-36), Jake Corman (R-34), and Kim Ward (R-39) that will require mail-in ballots that are not returned in the mail to be returned only to the County Board of Elections office, effectively eliminating drop boxes in Pennsylvania. [Read More]
A joint press event was held on Tuesday to announce police funding legislation, Senate Bill 1193, that will allocate $100 million in American Rescue Plan funds to create the “Law Enforcement Recovery Grant Program.” [Read More]
Senate Republican leaders praised the Commonwealth Court today for preventing the Wolf Administration from moving forward with its unconstitutional entry into a multi-state carbon tax agreement that would hurt Pennsylvania’s economy. [Read More]
State Sen. Devlin Robinson’s (R-37) bill to modernize and streamline the Neighborhood Improvement District Act and allow for the development of a Tourism Improvement District in Allegheny County was approved today by the state Senate. [Read More]
Substance abuse and the opioid crisis continue to worsen in Pennsylvania. [Read More]
The Senate today unanimously passed legislation that will create a grant program to establish Safe Exchange Zones throughout Pennsylvania, according to Sen. Wayne Langerholc, Jr. (R-35). [Read More]
Marking the start of April as ‘Sexual Abuse Awareness Month’, the state Senate voted overwhelmingly today, to advance bi-partisan legislation introduced by Senator Lisa Baker (R-20), which will expand institutional sexual assault to include assaults by caregivers on care dependent individuals. [Read More]
Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward (R-Westmoreland) today offered the following statement regarding support for the Senate’s efforts to override the governor’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) carbon tax veto on Pennsylvanians. [Read More]
State Sen. Ryan Aument (R-36) announced that he will sponsor a bill that would require schools to identify sexually explicit content in school curriculum and materials and notify parents that their child’s coursework includes such content. [Read More]
