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Yaw’s Pro-Jobs, Pro-Growth Voting Record Scores 100%.

Williamsport Welcomes President George W. Bush, Rachel Robinson to celebrate the Unveiling of The Final Bases Loaded Statue.

Embankment Repair Project Set to Begin in September on Route 154 in Sullivan County.

New Funding Awarded to Boost Student Interest in PA’s Manufacturing Industry, Develop Talent Pipeline for Manufacturers in Clinton, Lycoming and Union Counties.

Survey Details Educational, Career, Residential Aspirations of Rural Pennsylvania Youth.

Honoring the Red Raiders PIAA Class A Softball Champions

Last week, I joined the Montgomery Area School Board to recognize the district’s Red Raider High School softball team on their PIAA Class A state championship.

It was an honor to present the coaches and the Red Raiders girls’ softball team with Senate proclamations recognizing their outstanding athletic accomplishments this season. Their dedication, determination and hard work resulted in their PIAA Class A victory and the first ever school championship.  READ MORE

Bald Eagle Valley Trail’s Falcon Bridge Opens

The Bald Eagle Valley Trail’s Falcon Bridge opened on Wednesday, finally offering hikers and bikers safe passage over the western branch of the Susquehanna River.

The river crossing concludes the fourth, and most challenging, phase of the county’s six-part plan to build out the trail system to connect to Lycoming County’s Pine Creek Rail Trail and the Bald Eagle Valley Trail’s Castanea trail head near Lock Haven. I congratulate Clinton County on the bridge’s completion and look forward to seeing the last two phases of the trail expansion come to fruition.  The long-range plan is to connect this trail to the Jersey Shore area and then to the Rails to Trail and eventually to Wellsboro. READ MORE

Touring Evangelical Community Hospital in Union County

On Friday, I joined administration officials from Evangelical Community Hospital for a tour of their campus in Union County.  Late last year, Evangelical was awarded a state investment to modernize its facility. 

The Union County Hospital Authority used the funding to buy and install an 850-ton high-efficiency chiller that will cool a new four-story patient tower designed as part of the campus’s Patient Room Improvement Modernization and Enhancement Initiative (PRIME).  READ MORE

State Tax Reform Helps PA Job Creators, Families

The Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office recently confirmed that real average hourly earnings – a measure of workers’ pay adjusted for inflation – declined by 3.9% in June.

In addition, the massive, new spending bill enacted in Washington will end up forcing working-class Americans to pay billions of dollars in new taxes, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

The pressures on families and job creators, caused by reckless action at the federal level and outdated policy at the state level, are real and mounting.

Boosting wages and providing new income opportunities to Pennsylvanians are the reasons the General Assembly approved sweeping tax reform in July as part of the new state budget. Business operators big and small are telling us these changes will allow them to invest more money in their businesses and workers. Creating a climate for good-paying jobs is vital to supporting families and allowing healthy communities to flourish.

Free Webinar on Sweeping Business Tax Reform

Tax reforms enacted by the General Assembly are a huge boost for job creators, and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry is hosting a free webinar to explore the impact on your business.

You’ll learn details about what the changes mean for businesses of all sizes and be able to ask tax experts questions about various provisions in the tax package.

The webinar will take place Aug. 25 from 10 a.m. to noon. You can find more information and register here.

Financial Assistance for Eligible Children of Veterans

As the school year approaches, the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs reminds veterans with children that financial assistance is available to those attending post-high school education or training at an approved institution in the commonwealth through its Educational Gratuity Program.

The program supports children of honorably discharged veterans who have 100% service-connected disabilities and served during a period of war or armed conflict, or children of veterans who die or died in service during a period of war or armed conflict. To be eligible, a child of a veteran must be between the ages of 16 and 23, living within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania five years prior to application and must attend a school within the commonwealth. All applicants must have a financial need.

Payments will not exceed $500 per term or semester per qualified child to each approved educational institution over a total of eight terms or semesters. For more information about the program’s criteria, eligibility and needed documentation, go to Educational Gratuity Program. 

Beat Sept. 1 College Tuition Hikes with PA 529

Families who contribute to their PA 529 Guaranteed Savings Plan (GSP) account by Aug. 31 can boost their savings by taking advantage of the fact that many college tuition credit rates are scheduled to increase Sept. 1.

The PA 529 GSP program allows families to save for a future education at today’s cost. Because the effect of tuition inflation is generally applied to PA 529 GSP accounts on Sept. 1, contributions made by Aug. 31 often receive an increase in value the very next day – and the earnings can be used as soon as the summer semester of the next calendar year. If used the following fall semester, two years of tuition inflation benefits would be available.

Before new PA 529 GSP credit rates take effect for the 2022-23 school year, families may compare PA 529 GSP credit rates at popular levels.

Nearly 440 Vehicles Available at Commonwealth Auction

Nearly 440 used vehicles will be up for public purchase at the latest Commonwealth Vehicle Auction taking place on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at 10 a.m. at Manheim Keystone Pennsylvania, 488 Firehouse Road in Grantville, Dauphin County.

In-person preview of vehicles is open from this Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 21. Pre-registration is mandatory and must be completed on or before Sunday at 4 p.m.

This auction will feature several vehicles seized by state law enforcement agencies including: 2014 Chevrolet Cruze, 2014 Ford Taurus, 2013 Land Rover Range Rover, 2011 BMW X5, 2011 Chevrolet Traverse, 2011 Jaguar XF and more.

Other vehicles include a variety of 4-wheel drive SUVs, utility vehicles and pickup trucks from Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, GMC and Jeep as well as front- and all-wheel drive sedans and mini-vans. Buyers must purchase with certified funds in the form of money order, cashier’s check or certified check. No cash will be accepted.

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