Senator Gene Yaw tours Cummings Lumber Company, a 4th generation family business producing the highest quality hardwoods in the northern tier of Pennsylvania.     [Read More]

Senator Gene Yaw says Pennsylvania’s economy is in a better position than it has been in over a decade thanks to a booming national economy and state lawmakers holding the line against attempts to increase taxes.     [Read More]

The Pennsylvania Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee today advanced four measures providing funding to enhance urban forestry programs and riparian forest buffers, compensating landowners living within the Delaware River Basin, creating a nutrient procurement program and legislation amending the definition of “pollution” in the Clean Stream’s Law.   [Read More]

Sen. Yaw Remarks Full CRP Press Conference HARRISBURG – Results from a year-long research project measuring median broadband speeds across Pennsylvania indicate there isn’t a single Pennsylvania county where at least 50 percent of the population received “broadband” connectivity, defined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as 25 megabits download speed and 3 megabits upload […]   [Read More]

The state Senate recently approved a resolution designating the week of June 2 through June 8 as “Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week” in Pennsylvania, according to Senator Gene Yaw (R-23), sponsor of the measure and Chairman of the Chesapeake Bay Commission (CBC) Pennsylvania delegation.   [Read More]

State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) was honored with the 2019 “Public Official of the Year” Award by the Pennsylvania Water Environment Association (PWEA) during its annual award ceremony Monday night in State College.    [Read More]

Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee | June 4, 2019 | 9:30 a.m. | East Wing, Hearing Room 8E-B |     [Read More]

Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee | June 5, 2019 | 9:00 a.m. | North Office Building, Hearing Room #1 |     [Read More]