State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) and State Rep. Clint Owlett (R-68) today announced $550,000 in state funding has been awarded to two Tioga County projects through Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA). The awards were considered at today’s CFA Board meeting and approved through the Authority’s Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF) program. [Read More]
Pennsylvania Senator Gene Yaw’s (R-23) has been one of the lone lawmakers who has been in favor of skill games since the beginning. Yaw (above) proposed Senate Bill 706, which is a comprehensive piece of legislation that regulates and taxes Pennsylvania skill games. [Read More]
More than 200 students from 18 schools in Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga, and Union Counties converged on Pennsylvania College of Technology’s campus on March 7th to participate in the Student Government Seminar hosted by Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23), who also serves as chairman of the Penn College Board of Directors. The seminar gives high school students the opportunity to debate important issues, develop legislation, and vote on “mock bills” in an open session. [Read More]
MAR LIN — Most parents of young children in the Schuylkill County workforce need child care services, and those who are not in the workforce are absent because child care is not available or they can’t afford it. [Read More]
A bleeding extremity. An opioid overdose. A heart arrhythmia or cardiac arrest incident. An individual despondent and considering suicide. [Read More]
Senator Gene Yaw questions Interim Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley during the Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing for the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Senator Yaw is the chairman of the Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee. [Read More]
Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) joined Pennsylvania Senate colleagues today in passing a measure calling for action to address the crisis at America’s southern border and supporting the rights of states to protect their citizens. [Read More]
State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) recently announced the introduction of legislation to repeal the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) carbon tax enacted through executive order by the Wolf Administration in 2019. RGGI, a multi-state compact, would increase electricity rates for consumers, cut energy and manufacturing jobs and lead to the closure of Pennsylvania power plants. [Read More]
Senate Environmental Resources Committee | Rules Committee Conference Room [Read More]
The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee will join members of the Ohio House of Representatives Public Utilities Committee, the Ohio House of Representatives Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee, for a hearing on Thursday, Feb. 1st at 10 a.m. to focus on energy reliability, sustainability, and affordability. [Read More]
