Category: State House News
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Pa. Government Should Get Out Of The Liquor Business
Pottsville Mercury Gov. Tom Corbett and some state lawmakers have an idea for the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board: They want to get it out of the business of selling wine […]
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State Losing Control Of Pennsylvania Liquor
Competitive Enterprise Institute Privatizing Pennsylvania’s liquor stores has been a subject of debate for decades. Proposals in the past have been met with fear about the effects privatization would have […]
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Liquor Store Sale Bill Makes Appearance
Robert Swift Towanda Daily Review State officials would face a busy schedule transforming the state-owned liquor sales monopoly into a private enterprise system under legislation formally introduced by House Majority […]
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State Sen. Lisa Baker Aims To Create A State Fund For Victims Of Catastrophes
Steve Mocarsky Wilkes-Barre Times Leader State Sen. Lisa Baker hopes to create a state fund to aid victims of catastrophes and their communities when the losses caused by those catastrophes […]
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Revisions Would Aid Teens And Employers
Rep. Sheryl Delozier Allentown Morning Call I have introduced legislation that deals with our state’s outdated child labor law. In House Bill 927, I propose a comprehensive rewrite of Pennsylvania’s […]
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Lawmakers Push For Change In Pa.’s Prevailing Wage
York Dispatch Pennsylvania’s prevailing wage rules force taxpayers to subsidize worker income just because it’s a public project, a York County lawmaker argues. State Rep. Ron Miller, R-Jacobus, is sponsoring […]
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Pennsylvania Now Has A Redistricting Website
WHP The first-ever website for redistricting in Pennsylvania has been unveiled, Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-9) announced in a press release Thursday. The site can be accessed atwww.redistricting.state.pa.us. “I […]
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Alloway Supports Texting Legislation
Gettysburg Times The state senator who represents Adams County in Harrisburg announced Tuesday that he supports legislation that would ban motorists from texting while driving. Senator Richard Alloway also said […]
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GOP Raps Sturla For STD Remark
Lancaster Online In retrospect, the state representative from Lancaster city said, he regrets his use of the word “womenfolk” to describe Pennsylvania’s female population. Rep. Mike Sturla, a Democrat, is […]