by Trista Steinhauer | Jan 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Freshman House of Representatives member, Rep. Jill Cooper (R-Westmoreland), celebrated the enactment of legislation she co-prime sponsored at a bill-signing ceremony with Gov. Josh Shapiro. House Bill 1258 improved the law pertaining to dual enrollment...
by Trista Steinhauer | Jan 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A teenager awaiting trial in a homicide case who escaped outside a Philadelphia hospital last week has been captured. Police say Shane Pryor was taken into custody Sunday by the U.S. Marshals Service. The marshals will hand the 17-year-old over to...
by Trista Steinhauer | Jan 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG — Governor Josh Shapiro announced his 2024-25 budget proposal will include his plan for the first increase in the state share of public transit funding in over a decade. Governor Shapiro’s proposal will increase the state share of public transit funding by...
by Trista Steinhauer | Jan 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Recognizing the need to ensure state prisons are sufficiently staffed and fully secured, Rep. Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford) has introduced legislation that would allow non-residents of the Commonwealth to serve as corrections officers at the facilities....
by Trista Steinhauer | Jan 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – House Republican Leader Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) issued a statement on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision in Allegheny County Reproductive Health Center v. PA Department of Human Services. Cutler said, “Regardless of how one feels on the underlying...