During a #PASenate #PABudget hearing with the PA Liquor Control Board, I asked about future plans to upgrade facilities in Lancaster and whether LCB has the flexibility to adjust personnel and staffing. [Read More]
During a #PASenate #PABudget hearing with the Department of Aging, I asked about the impact of skill games on the Lottery Fund, reimbursement rates for struggling service providers and the number of Adult Protective Services reported and substantiated. [Read More]
During the #PASenate #PABudget hearing with @PAAuditorGen, I asked about audits of managed care organizations. [Read More]
During a #PASenate #PABudget hearing, I spoke with @PALaborIndustry about the importance of modernizing apprenticeship programs, the solvency of the unemployment compensation system and the impact of potential minimum wage increases. [Read More]
I stressed that the @StateSystem must be accountable to taxpayers and students and said it is unfair that the top-performing schools are getting the least amount of state funding at today’s #PASenate #PABudget hearing. [Read More]
At today’s @PAMDVA #PASenate #PABudget hearing, I praised the effectiveness of PA veterans courts and urged the department to find community care options for vets in counties where there are no state veteran homes. [Read More]
I expressed concerns about the financial impact of the growing number of gambling options available in Pennsylvania and delays in the implementation of certain games during the #PASenate #PABudget hearing with @PARevenue and @PALottery. [Read More]
The impact of games of skill on @PALottery sales was the topic of one of my questions for @Ind_Fisc_Office Director Matthew Knittel. #PASenate #PAbudget [Read More]
Lancaster County Senators Ryan P. Aument (R-36) and Scott Martin (R-13) voiced concerns about the level of new spending and borrowing in the $36.1 billion budget plan outlined by Governor Wolf today. [Read More]
Critical members of volunteer fire companies, ambulance corps and rescue squads who are injured in the line of duty would qualify for workers’ compensation coverage under a bill approved by the Senate today, according to the bill’s sponsors, Senators Scott Martin (R-Lancaster) and Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York). Listen [Read More]
