by Greg Barton | Jun 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – The PA House approved a bill to raise the state’s minimum wage in a tiered way to give every worker a base level pay of $12 an hour by 2028. Unlike previous proposals, House Bill 1549 takes a regional approach to raising the wage, tying it the local...
by Greg Barton | Jun 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – PA Attorney General Dave Sunday, along with Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, announced that a reciprocity agreement was finalized this week that allows holders of Licenses to Carry Firearms to do so in both states. The agreement makes...
by Greg Barton | Jun 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – A bill has been introduced which creates a PA Office of EMS Commissioner. House Bill 1491 would create an independent office to operate within the Department of Health and assume all oversight of EMS in PA, replacing the current Bureau of EMS. It also...
by Greg Barton | Jun 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – The PA Senate adopted Senate Resolution 119, a bipartisan measure which urges Congress and federal agencies to restore whole and 2% milk to school cafeterias across PA and the nation. The resolution calls on Congress to support the Whole Milk for Healthy...
by Greg Barton | Jun 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Two bills before lawmakers in Harrisburg are being opposed by the PA Family Institute. House Bill 350, the Uniform Parentage Act, puts the desires of adults ahead of the best interests of children by allowing an unrelated adult to become the legal parent...
by Greg Barton | Jun 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Legislation fully repealing PA’s Sunday hunting ban passed the state House. House Bill 1431 was approved by the House Game and Fisheries Committee on June 3 and now goes to the PA Senate. The PA Game Commission supports the measure which would end...
by Greg Barton | Jun 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
LANCASTER COUNTY – A Lancaster County mother and daughter have been charged with concealing the death of a newborn after inducing a dangerous at-home abortion. 50-year-old Shannon Jones of East Donegal Township was charged with endangering the welfare of children,...
by Greg Barton | Jun 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
LANCASTER COUNTY – Two suspects wanted in an armed robbery that occurred Tuesday at the JK Mart in Columbia, Lancaster County, are in custody. Through collaboration with Harrisburg Police and the U.S. Marshals Service, 24-year-old Donnell Rhodes of Harrisburg and...
by Greg Barton | Jun 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG -Lancaster County Sen. James Malone rallied with colleagues, the United Home Care Workers of PA, and patients in Harrisburg to support Gov. Shapiro’s $21 million investment to help attract, retain, and sustain a skilled for participant-directed caregivers...
by Greg Barton | Jun 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Legislation sponsored by York County Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill to strengthen emergency response efforts and help address PA’s opioid crisis has cleared the PA Senate with unanimous support. Senate Bill 95 would allow EMS personnel to permanently...
