March 21, 2025
Meeting to consider SB 109, SB 349, SB 403 and SB 404
Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee | Rules Committee Conference Room [Read More]
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March 14, 2025
Pa. legislators gather in Williamsport to discuss flood mitigation concerns
Tioga County Commissioner Marc Rice knows the cost of flash flooding all too well. [Read More]
March 14, 2025
Lawmaker: Electrical grid facing future shortage of energy
Pennsylvania has the most diverse energy portfolio in the country, but it is losing its thermal generation of electricity capacity as some of those power plants have gone offline or closed over the years. [Read More]
March 14, 2025
February 20, 2025 House Policy Committee Meeting
Senator Yaw speaks at House Policy Committee Meeting [Read More]
February 25, 2025
Yaw Questions Rising Well-Plugging Costs During DEP Budget Hearing
During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing to examine the budget for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) expressed concerns over the rising costs of well-plugging in Pennsylvania. Particularly, Yaw noted the sharp increase in expenses since the involvement of federal funding under the Inflation Reduction Act. [Read More]
February 24, 2025
Yaw, Pickett Announce Multimodal Funding for Sayre Borough
State. Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) and State Rep. Tina Pickett (R-110) today announced a $508,080 state investment has been awarded to Sayre Borough through Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA). The award was considered at today’s CFA Board Meeting and approved through the Authority’s Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF) Program. [Read More]
February 24, 2025
More than $1 Million in Grant Funding Awarded to Lycoming County, Say Flick, Yaw
Rep. Jamie Flick (R-83) and Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) today announced more than $1 million in grant funding through the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) has been awarded to three Lycoming County projects. [Read More]
February 13, 2025
Yaw Announces Additional Farmland Preserved in 23rd District
Additional acres of farmland in the 23rd Senatorial District will be protected for future generations following recent approval of the purchase of conservation easements by the state Agricultural Land Preservation Board, according to Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23). [Read More]
February 13, 2025
Yaw Meets with Leadership Lycoming Participants During “Government Day” Program
State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) met with participants of the 2025 Leadership Lycoming program, sponsored by the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce, on Thursday. [Read More]
February 3, 2025
Yaw: Bill to Exempt Lycoming County, Newer Vehicles from Emissions Testing Approved by Senate
The Senate approved legislation to reform Pennsylvania’s outdated vehicle emissions testing program, reducing the number of counties and vehicles covered by the requirement, said Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23). [Read More]