by Trista Steinhauer | Jun 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – This week,the Pennsylvania Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 1206 introduced by Sen. Tracy Pennycuick of Montgomery and Berks counties to help get new life-saving treatments and devices to market more quickly. Senate Bill 1206 allows companies to gain...
by Trista Steinhauer | Jun 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
BOYERTOWN – Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh visited Montgomery County with community leaders to highlight the Shapiro Administration’s investments in recruiting and retaining Pennsylvania’s child care workers....
by Trista Steinhauer | Jun 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
NEW CASTLE – The Pennsylvania departments of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) and Aging (PDA) announced the launch of the Shapiro Administration’s new initiative to help lower the number of fatal overdoses in older adults in Pennsylvania – a number...
by Greg Barton | Jun 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
EARL TOWNSHIP – An Earl Township man was sentenced to four to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty this month to killing a man in a near-head-on traffic collision as he was driving drunk and high through a torrential downpour. Surveillance footage from the...
by Greg Barton | Jun 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Legislation sponsored by Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R-Butler/Lawrence) to crack down on the commercial exploitation of booking photographs, commonly known as mugshots, unanimously passed the House yesterday. House Bill 1585 would amend Pennsylvania’s...
by Greg Barton | Jun 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – The Senate unanimously approved legislation sponsored by Sen. Wayne Langerholc, Jr. to provide current and retired law enforcement with discounted hunting and fishing licenses. Under Senate Bill 469, law enforcement officials would be able to acquire each...
by Greg Barton | Jun 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – State Senator Lisa Boscola has issued a co-sponsorship memo for legislation she plans to introduce limiting classroom screen time for young students in the commonwealth. The senator’s efforts are a response, in part to Pennsylvania’s declining English...
by Greg Barton | Jun 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward, Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman and Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Scott Martin issued a statement this week on the 2026-27 state budget. They said,“While divided government naturally brings...
by Greg Barton | Jun 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Legislation sponsored by Sen Camera Bartolotta from Beaver, Washington and Greene Counties to protect family-inherited property and preserve generational wealth advanced unanimously from the Senate Judiciary Committee today. Senate Bill 890 would...
by Trista Steinhauer | Jun 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
HARRISBURG – Rep. Craig Williams (R-Delaware/Chester) vigorously argued on the House floor to pass the largest tax cut in the history of the Commonwealth. Previously, the House passed an amendment which converted a bill to overhaul utility return on equity (ROE) into...
