The temporary emergency rules the Senate put in place allowing members to cast votes remotely expired on March 31. When the Senate returns to session next week, they are expected to consider extending those rules to May 31.
GOP accuses Wolf administration official of playing politics with food assistance benefits
Updated Apr 08, 2021;
Posted Apr 08, 2021
Republicans accuse Pennsylvania s Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller of playing politics by warning that extra federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits the state receives goes away if the Legislature decides to end the governor s COVID-19 emergency disaster declaration. 2017.
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Pennsylvania receives an extra $100 million each month to provide low-income residents with federally-funded food assistance benefits, but the state’s human services secretary said that aid would disappear a month after Gov. Tom Wolf’s COVID-19 emergency declaration ends.
In a virtual news conference on Thursday, Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller said she wanted to raise awareness of that possibility if the pandemic-related declaration expires. Miller said such an outcome would affect nearly 600,00
There are a number of ways in which the socialist/Democrat Left is especially adept at advancing its policy agenda. Chief among them is giving nice sounding, but totally misleading names to their initiatives. As a result, they are able to rally support that would not be there if the true nature of the policy were widely known.
For example, the âAffordable Care Act,â commonly known as Obamacare, has been anything but affordable and was a major step toward their ultimate goal of a national single-payer health care system. Most recently, the âAmerican Rescue Plan Actâ purporting to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic proved to be a vehicle for funding a wide-ranging Left-wing wish list.
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Child sex abuse law reform moves to Pa. Senate: Why some stakeholders are optimistic this time
Updated Apr 07, 2021;
Posted Apr 07, 2021
Rep. Jim Gregory, R-Blair, (left) and Rep. Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, have yet again spearheaded a bill in the Legislature that once again attempts to reform Pennsylvania s statute of limitations. The measure now moves to the Senate.
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Efforts to reform Pennsylvania’s child sex crimes law have long been a moving target.
For years, victims of child sexual abuse and their advocates have been pushing legislation but have come up short.
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed a bill to give some child sex abuse victims a two-year period to file claims in civil court, which would help those who were assaulted years ago and have long passed the deadline to seek legal action. The bill now moves on to the Senate.