Rep. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) and Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) today announced state grants totaling nearly $180,000 have been awarded for recreational improvement projects in Bradford and Sullivan counties. [Read More]
I am dismayed that the governor can ignore the decisions of three hand-picked DEP advisory committees and both houses of the legislature, which represent the people of Pennsylvania, and propose to go forward with an agreement clearly detrimental to Pennsylvania’s interests. [Read More]
Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Bradford/Lycoming/Sullivan/Susquehanna/Union), and Reps. Garth Everett (R-Lycoming/Union) and Jeff Wheeland (R-Lycoming) applauded the passage of Everett’s House Bill 2513 today in the House. The bill ensures restaurants and taverns can operate safely and be protected from unconstitutional mandates from the Governor’s Office or the activist state Supreme Court. [Read More]
Telemarketers would be prohibited from ‘spoofing’ phone numbers to fool consumers under a bill approved, 48-0, by the Pennsylvania Senate this week, according to state Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23), who supported the measure. [Read More]
State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) has introduced legislation to increase conservation and technical assistance for farmers in order to further reduce pollution impacts on local creeks and streams. [Read More]
As part of the Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP’s) Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Grants Program, applications are now being accepted for watershed planning and restoration grants, according to state Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23), Chairman of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. [Read More]
State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) today announced that the Union County Office of Veterans Affairs (joint application with Snyder County) has been awarded $40,000 from the Veterans’ Trust Fund (VTF) to support homeless veterans and provide emergency assistance. [Read More]
Two area markets in the 23rd Senatorial District were awarded state grants this week through the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s $10 million Fresh Food Financing Initiative (FFFI), according to state Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23). [Read More]
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]
