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Pa. House session opens with 'feel-good story' of bipartisanship …
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives began its new legislative session Tuesday like the previous session, with conditions ripe for partisan gridlock. Instead, a dose of pragmatism and rule changes to give the minority Republican Caucus a fighting chance to advance its …
100,000 more Pennsylvania seniors received property tax and rent ...
3 days ago · The number of seniors who qualified for Pennsylvania’s property tax and rent rebate grew by more than 100,000 following an increase of the program’s income cap last year. Gov. Josh Shapiro speaking at a Pittsburgh senior center on Thursday said the long overdue changes made $318 million in tax and rent relief accessible to a […]
The top 5 stories from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives …
Dec 23, 2024 · In their second year controlling the Pennsylvania House of Representatives after more than a decade as the minority party, Democratic lawmakers had some success. That included tackling maternal morbidity among women of color, finally banning texting while driving and shifting the state’s energy ...
Pennsylvania Senate announces new committee chairs
4 days ago · Four freshman senators have been tapped to serve in leadership roles on the state Senate’s standing committees for the 2025-2026 session, although most committee chairs in the Republican-controlled chamber will be unchanged from the previous session. Sens. Dawn Keefer (R-York) and Patty Kim (D ...
Pennsylvania General Assembly session draws to a close with …
Oct 23, 2024 · “That said, there is still time to work on critical legislation, including providing survivors of child sex abuse an opportunity to seek justice, ensuring protections from discrimination, a long-overdue cost of living increase to retired public servants, adequately funding our mass transit systems and helping counties count votes quickly and accurately with pre-canvassing, in addition to the ...
The top 5 Pennsylvania Senate stories of 2024
Dec 24, 2024 · This year’s legislative session saw fewer new laws passed than any session in more than a decade, attributable in part to the partisan divide between the Democrat-controlled House and the Republican-controlled Senate. But there were some substantial pieces of legislation and changes to the budget that made it to the …
Group weighs potential and peril of performance funding for Pa ...
5 days ago · A group of lawmakers, university administrators and the head of the Department of Education heard Tuesday about the possibilities — and perils — of tying public funding of state-related universities at least in part to their performance and students’ academic outcomes. The Performance-Based ...
Pa. lawmakers, advocates react to state budget passage
*This breaking story was updated at 6:39 p.m. on Thursday, July 6 to include additional information. The state House voted 117-86 to pass a proposed $45.5 billion state budget late Wednesday, sending the spending plan to Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s desk for a signature.. In a statement following Wednesday’s vote, Shapiro said he was proud of the final budget, calling it a “statement ...
Economy Archives - Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Oct 31, 2024 · Antitrust case to block Charleroi glass plant’s closure falls short, federal judge rules BY: Peter Hall - November 19, 2024 There’s not enough evidence of harm to competitors or consumers under federal antitrust laws to block a private equity firm’s plan to shut down and move a southwest Pennsylvania glassware plant, a U.S. District Court judge ruled last week.