Category: State House News
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Local Elected Officials Gather For Mixer
Carlisle Sentinel More than 130 local elected officials, from school board members and borough council members to township supervisors, state representatives, state senators and congressmen, gathered at the Allenberry Playhouse […]
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GOP Blasts Justice Baer For Pa. Remapping Comments
Philadelphia Inquirer The Pennsylvania Republican Party, in a funk over the state Supreme Court’s move to kill a legislative redistricting plan in which the GOP had the lion’s share of […]
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Senate Approves Bill To Accelerate Critical Utility Infrastructure Improvements
The state Senate today unanimously approved legislation that will provide a critical tool to accelerate the replacement of aging natural gas, electric and wastewater systems in the Commonwealth, create new […]
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Republicans Kick Off State Campaigns
Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice On a frigid, snowy day, Mike Arnold had a pretty good reason to be standing in a vacant lot in the Crestwood Industrial Complex. Surrounded by more […]
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Pilot Program To Drug Test Welfare Recipients Coming To County
Senator David G. Argall (R-29) announced today that the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare will implement a drug testing pilot program in Schuylkill County. Argall has quietly been meeting for […]
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Politics Tested Pa. GOP Leaders, Court In 2011
Peter Jackson Associated Press In the world of Pennsylvania politics, 2011 will be remembered as a year of mixed accomplishments from a new, Republican-controlled state government and for corruption convictions […]
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Pa. House OKs Capital Budget Senate Passed In June
Lancaster Online The state House voted Monday to approve a bill that authorizes $1.7 billion in new state borrowing, a normally routine piece of legislation that was held up as […]
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Imperfect Bill Will Help Prevent Fracking Damage
Senator Lisa Baker Pocono Record After months of meetings, site visits and public forums, and thousands of phone calls, letters and emails, I well understand the conflicting views in our […]
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Senate Approves Flood Aid
Scranton Times Leader Two months after destructive flooding hit the Susquehanna River Basin, the Senate approved a package of bills Wednesday to provide an estimated $150 million in state aid […]