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Top environmental official’s reconfirmation hearing delayed over pipeline concerns
A state Senate committee postponed a planned confirmation hearing for one of Pennsylvania’s top environmental officials, after a bipartisan group of lawmakers raised concerns about his agency’s involvement in controversial gas pipeline project.
The Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee met Martes morning to vote on the nominations of Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonnell and Cindy Adams Dunn, secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Limerick Fire Department receives $84K state grant for consolidation
LIMERICK — State Sen. Katie Muth, D-44th Dist., has announced that the Limerick Fire Department has been approved for grant funding that will help the department’s consolidation efforts.
The department will receive $84,520 to assist with legal fees and other costs associated with renaming and rebranding.
Pennsylvania lawmakers unveil bill to end death penalty
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – A group of lawmakers plans to introduce legislation that would end the death penalty in Pennsylvania.
Sen. Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia), Sen. Katie Muth (D-Berks, Chester, Montgomery), and Rep. Chris Rabb (D-Philadelphia) say the death penalty has proven to be unsuccessful as a crime deterrent, incredibly costly, and a flawed system of punishment.
Democratic lawmakers seek end to death penalty in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG — Sen. Katie Muth (D-Berks, Chester, Montgomery), Sen. Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia), and Rep. Chris Rabb (D-Philadelphia) were joined by advocates as they called for ending the death penalty in Pennsylvania.
The lawmakers are introducing legislation in their respective chambers to repeal the penalty that is proven to be unsuccessful as a crime deterrent, incredibly costly, and a flawed system of punishment.
Pa. lawmakers introducing legislation to end death penalty in the state
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania lawmakers announced legislation Martes aimed at ending the death penalty in the state.
Sen. Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia), Sen. Katie Muth (D-Berks, Chester, Montgomery), and Rep. Chris Rabb (D-Philadelphia) are introducing legislation in their respective chambers to end the death penalty.
California Synagogue Shooting: Pa. officials react to violence at Congregation Chabad in Poway
It was a scene all-too-familiar: People gathering in a show of solidarity and support outside Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue.
But this time, the vigil wasn’t for locals, but rather for Congregation Chabad in Poway, Calif., near San Diego, which left one person dead, and three more wounded. The California shooting, on the last day of Passover, came six months to the day of the deadly shooting at Tree of Life, which claimed the lives of 11 people.
Suburban Philadelphia state senators seek answers from DEP chief over Mariner East pipeline
A bipartisan group of state senators from Chester and Delaware counties wants to put off the reconfirmation of Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonnell until multiple criminal probes of Sunoco’s Mariner East pipeline projects are complete.
Led by Chester County Democrat Andy Dinniman, the group asked Sen. Gene Yaw, majority chair of the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, and Sen. John Yudichak, the minority chair, to delay what is typically a routine hearing on reappointment, which is scheduled for Martes.
Pa. state senators push for student refinancing plan
Rider Brandau is a low-income, first-generation student at Elizabethtown College.
“When students borrow money for college, they agree to pay back that money,” Brandau said. “I will owe roughly $30,000 upon graduation, which is a fair price for what I have received from Elizabethtown.”
Berks County social workers urge commissioners to keep negotiating
Caseworkers for Children & Youth Services and in the county prison have been working since Enero 2018 without a contract.
More than a dozen social workers who serve the county as caseworkers for Children & Youth Services and in the county prison came to the Berks County commissioners meeting Jueves to encourage them to cooperate as contract negotiations continue.
Lawmakers talk about $15 minimum wage at town hall meeting in Reading
Reading, PA — When talking about raising the state’s $7.25 minimum wage to $15 an hour, state Sen. Judy Schwank said she sometimes hears from the owners of small businesses who say the increase could put them out of business.
“But when the owner of 13 McDonald’s restaurants tells me to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour, that he welcomes it, it makes me feel a little bit better about it,” Schwank said.
Pottstown, destacada por su liderazgo en educación infantil
POTTSTOWN - Al iniciarse la temporada de presupuestos estatales con la presentación del presupuesto del gobernador Tom Wolf, los defensores de la educación temprana iniciaron sus esfuerzos para garantizar que el presupuesto financie la educación preescolar.
Las mujeres ganan terreno en la Asamblea General
Un año excepcional para las mujeres en el gobierno hizo que Pensilvania subiera cinco puestos en cuanto a representación femenina en los órganos legislativos estatales. El aumento fue uno de los mayores de los 50 estados. Sólo cuatro estados registraron un aumento porcentual mayor en sus...
5 legisladores de Berks asumen funciones de liderazgo
Cinco legisladores del Condado de Berks estarán en posiciones de liderazgo para la sesión de dos años de la Asamblea General que acaba de comenzar en Harrisburg. Judy Schwank, Tomas Caltigirone, David Argall, Katie Muth y Jim Cox asumen cargos.
Los demócratas de la Cámara de Representantes limpian el parque Valley Forge en pleno cierre
REY DE PRUSIA-Cuatro representantes estatales demócratas de primer año pasaron la mañana del jueves recogiendo basura en el Parque Nacional Valley Forge, ayudando a mantener el sitio histórico hermoso durante el cierre del gobierno federal en curso. Estado Reps. Joe Ciresi, Kristine Howard,...
Más mujeres, muchas caras nuevas: Pennsylvania, conozca a su nueva Asamblea General
El martes jurarán sus cargos en la Asamblea General de Pensilvania un número récord de mujeres: 50 en la Cámara de Representantes y 12 en el Senado. Otra mujer jurará su cargo en la Cámara a finales de este mes.
Más demócratas, más mujeres, pero el GOP sigue gobernando en la legislatura de Pa.
HARRISBURG - La legislatura de Pensilvania inició su sesión de dos años el martes con recepciones de celebración y ceremonias de juramento, todo desprovisto de la tensión que podría instalarse rápidamente sobre sus relaciones con la administración Wolf.
