Pennsylvania experienced a drop in fatal overdoses in 2018, an 18% decrease. However, according to a report from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, there has been a decrease in some counties while the crisis has significantly increased in other parts of the commonwealth. [Read More]
State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) today announced that three grants are being awarded in Bradford and Lycoming counties to improve agriculture education. [Read More]
On Friday, state Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) became the new Chairman of the tri-state Chesapeake Bay Commission (CBC) for the 2020 calendar year. Yaw is the first member and chairman of the CBC to have a legislative district that covers the northernmost part of the watershed to the New York border. [Read More]
The Center for Rural Pennsylvania | September 25, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. | Keystone Building, PUC Hearing Room #5 [Read More]
The Center for Rural Pennsylvania | October 2, 2018 at 10 am. | Senate Majority Caucus Room [Read More]
PUBLIC HEARING State of Addiction Confronting the Heroin/Opioid Epidemic in Pennsylvania Wednesday – August 15, 2018 Cambria County Courthouse, Courthouse 1 Ebensburg, PA AGENDA 6:30PM Welcome and Opening Comments Senator Gene Yaw, Chairman, The Center for Rural Pennsylvania 6:45PM Cambria County Drug Coalition Members: Ms. Tracy Selak – Cambria County BH, ID, EI and […] [Read More]
Confronting the Heroin\Opioid Epidemic in Pennsylvania - Bradford - May 10, 2017 [Read More]
The Center for Rural Pennsylvania Public Hearing Confronting the Heroin\Opioid Epidemic in Pennsylvania – September 20, 2016 [Read More]
Confronting the Heroin\Opioid Epidemic in Pennsylvania - Aliquippa - June 2, 2016 [Read More]
Confronting the Heroin\Opioid Epidemic in Pennsylvania - Lewistown – April 21, 2016 [Read More]
