Pennsylvania General Assembly

Type: Organization

Name: Pennsylvania General Assembly

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Proposed anti-trafficking legislation

Two bills have been introduced in the Pennsylvania General Assembly that are still active. Senate Bill 75 would provide incentives for sex workers to cooperate with authorities in order to prosecute traffickers. Read the bill below:Pa. Senate Bill 75House ... [Published Reading Eagle - May 24 2013]

Entities: Pennsylvania General Assembly, Sex Trafficking, Felony, Sex

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Pennsylvania General Assembly

Little Drama for Supervisor Primaries

No contested primary nominations for the two Warminster supervisor seats up for election meant little suspense for Tuesday's primary.As expected, the Republican ticket will include incumbent Daniel McPhillips and Jason Croley, faced up against the Democratic ... [Published Warminster Patch - May 22 2013]

Entities: Pennsylvania General Assembly, Elections, Police Officer

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Republican Party (US)

Gay GOP candidate vies for PA House seat

Zero to three in eight months? Could the Pennsylvania General Assembly soon get its third openly gay lawmaker? Zero to three in eight months?Could the Pennsylvania General Assembly soon get its third openly gay lawmaker?Three candidates are vying for ... [Published Philly.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Gay, Pennsylvania General Assembly, Republican Party (US)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Primary 2013: Elect Sue Means

Voters in Allegheny County Council's 5th District have an opportunity on Tuesday to use their franchise to right a political wrong.When marginal Republican Vince Gastgeb of Bethel Park, a 13-year veteran, left the council in February to do Democrat Chief ... [Published Pittsburgh Tribune Review - May 17 2013]

Entities: Krista Harris, Pennsylvania General Assembly, Republican Party (US), Lebanon, Hong Kong Airport Authority

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Nutter Proposes Alcohol, Cigarette Tax Hikes To Fund Schools

Posted:Updated:Wednesday, May 15, 2013 3:50 PM ESTNutter Proposes Alcohol, Cigarette Tax Hikes To Fund SchoolsMore>>State and local lawmakers say the Philadelphia schools will suffer devastating cuts if the district can't close a $304 million budget ... [Published MyFoxPhilly.com - May 15 2013]

Entities: Michael Nutter, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States), Taxes, Alcohol

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Letters to the Editor - 5/11/2013

Make tanning beds off limits to youthEditor: Thank you for voicing your support of Rep. Rose Marie Swanger's legislation, House Bill 977, with your May 8 editorial, "Cigarettes for the skin," regarding teen tanning bed use.On May 7 I traveled to Harrisburg ... [Published Scranton Times-Tribune - May 11 2013]

Entities: Tanning, Multiple Sclerosis, Skin Cancer, 5.11 Inc.

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Bill flies in the face of common sense

I'm writing concerning the recent introduction of Pennsylvania House Bill 1125, designed to hold all Pennsylvania landowners immune from civil liability for shooting injuries or deaths caused at the hands of invited hunters on their properties. First, ... [Published Times News Online - May 04 2013]

Entities: Landholder, Neal Goodman, Property, Liability, Pennsylvania General Assembly

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Record-number of men attend York's Walk-a-Mile event

YORK -- Some local men wobbled again around York and Sovereign Bank Stadium on Friday, raising roughly $50,000 for YWCA York.The fourth annual Walk-a-Mile in Her Shoes event drew 300 walkers this year -- more than double last year's number, according ... [Published WHP CBS21 - May 04 2013]

Entities: Pennsylvania General Assembly, Sovereign Bank, Large White, World Young Women's Christian Organization (YWCA)

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Sen. Bob Mensch among legislative per diem kings and queens for March

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania lawmakers collected more than $178,000 in per diems during the month of March, with state Sen. Timothy Solobay, D-Washington, leading the way.In The Mercury’s coverage area, state Sen. Bob Mensch, R-24th Dist., led the way with ... [Published Pottsdown Mercury - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Tim Solobay, John Sabatina, Nick Kotik, Ted Harhai, Chris Sainato

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Lawmakers need to cash out their $140.7 million surplus

Critics rightly question the need for the General Assembly to maintain a surplus at all.What would you do if you were sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars of someone else’s money?You’d give it back, right? It’s only commonsense.But that very basic ... [Published Stateline - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Fiscal Year, Gordon Denlinger, Pennsylvania General Assembly, Edward G Rendell

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Don't remove liability for hunting accidents

Entities: Landholder, Liability, Neal Goodman

First reported Feb 21 2013 - Updated Feb 21 2013 - 2 reports

Bill to legalize marijuana in PA unveiled

As anticipated, State Sen. Daylin Leach (D-17), who represents parts of Montgomery County, has unveiled the full text of his controversial marijuana legalization bill, called the "Regulate Marijuana Act" - Senate Bill 528 in the current session of the ... [Published Daily Local News - Feb 21 2013]

Entities: Daylin Leach, Marijuana Legalized, Marijuana, Alan Goldberg

Quotes

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Republican Bryan Tate: Democratic volunteers made multiple anti-gay comments [Published York Daily Record - 5 hours ago]

...legislators to reject Governor Corbett’s prison expansion projects and invest in communities, not prisons,” said a release from the organization. "Decarcerate PA and allies are marching to oppose the unchecked grown of Pennsylvania’s prison budget even as 23 schools in Philadelphia are designated to close due to funding cuts.”"

Decarcerate PA Marching Through Norristown, Collegeville to Stop Prison Expansions [Published Norristown Patch - 15 hours ago]

"I've been knocking on doors in our neighborhoods and getting a great response," said McPhillips. "I appreciate the support I have received, and I look forward to November's election."

Little Drama for Supervisor Primaries [Published Warminster Patch - May 22 2013]

In the meantime, benefits are being retained for both elected posts, and, as Commissioner Jeff Snyder said, "No action is being taken ... It's not being addressed at this time."

County jury commissioners' wages to be reduced [Published Lock Haven Express - Apr 16 2013]

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Republican Bryan Tate: Democratic volunteers ma... [Published York Daily Record - 5 hours ago]
Decarcerate PA Marching Through Norristown, Col... [Published Norristown Patch - 15 hours ago]
Proposed anti-trafficking legislation [Published Reading Eagle - May 24 2013]
Little Drama for Supervisor Primaries [Published Warminster Patch - May 22 2013]
Gay GOP candidate vies for PA House seat [Published Philly.com - May 17 2013]
Primary 2013: Elect Sue Means [Published Pittsburgh Tribune Review - May 17 2013]
Philly Marijuana Advocates Pushing for Full Leg... [Published Philadelphia Weekly - May 16 2013]
Nutter Proposes Alcohol, Cigarette Tax Hikes To... [Published MyFoxPhilly.com - May 15 2013]
Letters to the Editor - 5/11/2013 [Published Scranton Times-Tribune - May 11 2013]
Bill flies in the face of common sense [Published Times News Online - May 04 2013]
Record-number of men attend York's Walk-a-Mile ... [Published WHP CBS21 - May 04 2013]
Law student fights gay donor ban [Published Drexel University Triangle - May 03 2013]
Exploring History: The Pennsylvania State Navy [Published Pittsburgh Tribune Review - May 02 2013]
Sen. Bob Mensch among legislative per diem king... [Published Pottsdown Mercury - Apr 29 2013]
Lawmakers need to cash out their $140.7 million... [Published Stateline - Apr 29 2013]
Don't remove liability for hunting accidents [Published Pocono Record - Apr 28 2013]
Health care directives can safeguard your medic... [Published PennLive.com - Apr 27 2013]
PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AUTHORITY RETURNED TO LOCA... [Published U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Apr 26 2013]
Pennsylvania House Republicans are pushing to g... [Published Current TV - Apr 21 2013]
Attorneys Make Opening Arguments in Suit Challe... [Published 90.5 WESA - Apr 17 2013]
Our opinion: A place to start talking [Published Times Observer - Apr 17 2013]
County jury commissioners' wages to be reduced [Published Lock Haven Express - Apr 16 2013]
Proposed bill may increase punishment for illeg... [Published The Daily Pennsylvanian - Apr 16 2013]
Fitch Assigns Penn Turnpike 2013A Sub Revenue B... [Published Yahoo! Finance - Apr 09 2013]
Taking steps toward a cleaner Greene [Published Observer-Reporter - Apr 08 2013]
Pennsylvania transportation: Law changes may sa... [Published Farm and Dairy - Mar 21 2013]
Bill to legalize marijuana in PA unveiled [Published Daily Local News - Feb 21 2013]
Sen. Leach's bill to legalize marijuana in Penn... [Published Main Line Life - Feb 21 2013]
State Senator proposes eliminating mandatory re... [Published Main Line Life - Feb 07 2013]
Republican Governors Opt-In to Medicaid Expansion [Published Firedoglake - Jan 29 2013]

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Republican Governors Opt-In to Medicaid Expansion [Published Firedoglake - Jan 29 2013] By Sharon Ward, Third and State There is growing bipartisan agreement that the optional expansion of Medicaid provided by the Affordable Care Act is too good an opportunity to pass up. This month, the Governors of Arizona and North Dakota, both ...