Grant another example of Burns’ ongoing effort to secure funding for community Read more
Program to fund efforts to address barriers to employment Read more
Lawmaker: Grants will fund total approach to school safety Read more
Joined by close to a dozen superintendents and officials from local schools, state Rep. Frank Burns today hosted a roundtable in Ebensburg to discuss his Pennsylvania Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights and ways that schools in Cambria County can work to eliminate the dangerous behavior in schools. Read more
Public event will include superintendents from local school districts Read more
Legislation would have staved off Ebensburg closure until at least 2025 Read more
Construction of the region’s first solar energy facility could begin later this year... Read more
Program aims to lower opioid use in community Read more
The latest news from Rep. Frank Burns Read more
Huschak has worked tirelessly to improve Portage community, preserve history Read more
Brings total investment in township project to $25.6 million Read more
Multi-agency grants available to help community programs Read more
Read Rep. Burns latest report on how he's connecting with the people of Cambria County. Read more
Rep. Burnswalked more than 374,000steps listening to people’sconcerns. Read more
Grants can be used for equipment, training or other needs Read more
Grants build on 2019 investments, total $175,000 for school tech, training Read more
$2.44 million in state aid awarded to university since 2017 Read more
Investment is in workforce development program to grow regional economy Read more
Legislators cast a bipartisan vote to stop closer of two state centers for the intellectually disabled in Pennsylvania Read more
EBENSBURG, Jan. 15 – Intrigued by the similarities between its aims and his own effort to pry public information from the state Liquor Control Board, state Rep. Frank Burns has sponsored a Republican-authored bill known as the Taxpayer Protection Act. Burns, D-Cambria, said H.B. 1316 not only seeks to limit the rate of state spending increases, tying them to the Consumer Price Index and population growth, it also would create greater transparency in a state budget process that often leaves rank-and-file legislators in the dark. “I have absolutely no qualms about crossing party lines to support good legislation,” Burns said. “That’s what my constituents expect of me, that’s what I’ve promised them – and that’s what I’m going to deliver.” As a fiscally conservative legislator who’s consistently refused to raise state taxes , sometimes in the face of enormous pressure from his own party, Burns said he would welcome the bill’s provision that would essentially tie state spending hikes to reasonable benchmarks. “Too many times, we’ve all been victimized by the Harrisburg shell game of, ‘Authorize the spending now, figure out how to pay for it later,’ which is doing things backward,” Burns said. “It’s time for that game to end, for everyone to know up front how the bills are going to be paid, and for state government to learn to live within Read more
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