HARRISBURG – State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23), Chairman of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, issued the following statement following today’s Environmental Quality Board (EQB) vote to consider the Governor’s proposal to bring Pennsylvania into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a consortium of states that impose a carbon tax on electricity production and […] [Read More]
Generally speaking, the Western District of Pennsylvania’s jurisdiction is limited to Erie, Crawford, Venango, Warren, McKean, Elk, Clearfield, Jefferson, Clarion, Butler, Mercer, Lawrence, Beaver, Allegheny, Armstrong, Westmoreland, Indiana, Cambria, Blair, Bedford, Somerset, Fayette, Greene and Washington counties. [Read More]
State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) today applauded nearly $100,000 in grant funding through the COVID-19 Cultural and Museum Preservation Grant Program for area cultural organizations and museums. [Read More]
he state Senate this week unanimously approved legislation that would establish a grant program to extend deployment of broadband services in underserved areas of the state, according to Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23). [Read More]
Senator Gene Yaw, Senator Camera Bartolotta, Senator Joe Pittman, Senator Kim Ward | 11:30 at Cheswick Generating Station, Springdale, Allegheny County [Read More]
State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23), Chairman of the Pennsylvania Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, has joined with The Empowerment Alliance (TEA), as well as hundreds of elected officials, including senators, congressmen, governors, and attorneys general, in signing the Declaration of Energy Independence, a commitment to an affordable, clean, abundant, and secure approach to U.S. energy production. [Read More]
Four municipalities in the 110th Legislative District today were awarded state grants to assist in the completion of water and sewer improvement projects that will benefit residents and communities, announced Rep. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) and Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23). The funding was made available through the Pennsylvania Small Water and Sewer Program. [Read More]
State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23), Rep. Garth Everett (R-84) and Rep. Jeff Wheeland (R-83) today announced two significant investments to improve water and wastewater treatment in the region. [Read More]
A number of organizations across the 23rd Senatorial District today received funding through the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency’s (PHFA) Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) and Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement (PHARE) program to provide affordable housing options to area residents in need, according to state Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23). [Read More]
