Burns: Johnstown awarded $100k to bolster emergency services

(Sep 15, 2023)

“Securing this funding is going to help ensure that Johnstown’s frontline heroes have the resources they need – from updated equipment to hazard-free facilities – to stay safe as they continue their lifesaving work," Burns said. Read more

 

Burns seeking nominations for annual Charlie Vizzini Volunteerism Award

(Sep 15, 2023)

“Over the last several years we’ve been able to honor some truly remarkable people doing great work in our communities,” Burns said. “The Charlie Vizzini Volunteerism Award is meant to shine a light on those who donate their time and energy to create positive changes in their community. If you know someone who you think fits that description, then I urge you to nominate them.” Read more

 

Burns: Johnstown awarded $150k for comprehensive recovery plan

(Sep 13, 2023)

"Raising taxes on workers in the city is not a sound strategy for economic recovery,” Burns said. “Securing this new funding will help ensure that as Johnstown continues on the path to economic recovery, it will be guided by the smartest strategies and that any final plan will be based on input from our own residents, businesses and workers." Read more

 

Burns commends exiled Prospect residents for keeping a united front

(Sep 07, 2023)

“I’ve talked to many Prospects residents, and collectively their most fervent desire has been to return home, to the community they know and love,” Burns said. “They didn’t like being scattered to the wind, and they certainly did not want to stay in those locations. It appears they are succeeding.” Read more

 

Burns to host free Senior Fair on Sept. 15

(Aug 31, 2023)

The fair is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Young People's Community Center in Ebensburg. Please RSVP by Sept. 8. Read more

 

Another $659,889 coming to Cambria County for road improvements

(Aug 24, 2023)

“I’m always looking for a way to leverage state funding to help local communities,” Burns said. “These two grants for the five road projects not only free up local funding for other projects, but also help get these projects done. It’s a priority for me to help secure grants like these that help our local communities, improve motorist safety and infrastructure.” Read more

 

2023 Senior Fair

(Aug 24, 2023)

Check out my 2023 Senior Fair on Sept. 15 in Ebensburg! Read more

 

Greater Johnstown, Ferndale school districts to receive $136,656 for fresh fruits, vegetables for students

(Aug 15, 2023)

“I’ve always supported our students and schools,” Burns said. “Education is the best way to make sure our region can grow and compete in the marketplace, and making sure our students have the nutrition they need to be healthy and strong is a part of that.” Read more

 

Greater Johnstown to receive state grant funding through disability inclusive curriculum pilot program

(Aug 11, 2023)

“Exclusion breeds stigma, shame, ignorance and misunderstanding,” Burns said. “I’ve seen it firsthand; that’s why I get students to sign the anti-bullying pledge and have set up Buddy Benches throughout the region. “This new grant is designed to help schools educate students from kindergarten to high school about disabilities and how it’s a natural part of the human condition.” Read more

 

Burns: House Professional Licensure Committee considers bills to expand mental health care access, keep skilled professionals in the state

(Aug 11, 2023)

“This week’s hearings helped members of the committee learn how necessary these measures are to increasing access to mental health care and therapeutic services in Pennsylvania,” said Burns, committee chairman. “We are facing a growing mental health crisis and patients need every avenue for care they can get, whether through psychologists, psychiatrists, primary care providers or other therapists.” Read more

 

Burns: JHA board needs to take stand on public housing transformation plan

(Aug 01, 2023)

Burns, D-Cambria, made his request in a letter to JHA board Chairman Charles Arnone, noting that Arnone – along with fellow commissioners David Vitovich, Angela Reed, Darlette Haselrig and John Slezak – are the ones directly responsible for operating the JHA and charting its course. Read more

 

Burns: Pasquerilla-affiliated consultant immersed in JHA-HUD public housing interactions, planning

(Jul 28, 2023)

Burns, D-Cambria, said Matt Ward, CEO of Sustainable Strategies DC, is point man in a series of emails between Johnstown Housing Authority and U.S. Department of Urban and Development officials going back to February. Those 25 pages of communication, obtained by citizen-journalist John DeBartola in a Right-to-Know request, were forwarded to Burns and other local state elected officials. Read more

 

Burns urges Shapiro to reject Johnstown’s quest to maintain high Local Services Tax

(Jul 25, 2023)

“First, I cannot and will not support a special exception that would allow Johnstown to continue taxing employees in the city with an increased Local Services Tax (LST) of $3 per person per week…the LST should revert to the non-Act 47 rate of $1 per person per week. Anything more than that amounts to a tax INCREASE.” Read more

 

Burns: Long-awaited HUD emails confirm JHA makes decisions

(Jul 20, 2023)

EBENSBURG, July 20 – Four days after he sought intercession from Pennsylvania’s two U.S. senators and Cambria County’s congressman, state Rep. Frank Burns finally received a response from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to his three-month-old Freedom of Information Act request. Read more

 

Burns: Veteran Community Initiatives awarded $39,750 to bolster services

(Jul 14, 2023)

“This grant will boost VCI’s efforts to serve our local veterans, and it is a privilege to do what I can to help those who have served our country.” Read more

 

Burns calls on Casey, Fetterman, Joyce to investigate lethargic HUD response to Prospect information request

(Jul 13, 2023)

“Three months ago, I asked for documents and communication exchanged between the Johnstown Housing Authority, HUD’s Pittsburgh Field Office and/or HUD’s Region III Office in Philadelphia, concerning the Prospect public housing complex,” Burns said. “What I’ve gotten since then is a runaround that no citizen should have to endure – starting with a request for clarification of what is a pretty clear request. Follies such as this have no place in good government.” Read more

 

Burns votes to save Cambria public school districts $3.7 million annually

(Jul 07, 2023)

Burns, D-Cambria, said the time is right to reign in the unbridled money grab by corporate cyber charter schools, which are bleeding local school district budgets dry by siphoning off millions in local tax dollars. These schools frivolously spend those tax dollars advertising to recruit new students in order to increase their profits. They even sponsor professional sports teams and offer gifts and travel to their students’ parents. Read more

 

Burns introduces legislation to protect Pennsylvania drivers

(Jul 03, 2023)

Intent on protecting the state’s drivers from unnecessary tickets and fines, state Rep. Frank Burns introduced two measures that would do just that. Read more

 

Summer 2023

(Jun 30, 2023)

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Burns: Johnstown should abandon quest for 200 percent tax hike

(Jun 23, 2023)

Johnstown city officials want to keep taxing folks at the higher rate, even though Act 47 no longer applies. They want state elected officials, including Burns, to carve out a special exception in state law so they can keep collecting lots of money – an extra $900,000 a year, to be exact. Read more

 

Burns: Johnstown awarded $100k to bolster emergency services
Sep 15, 2023

Burns seeking nominations for annual Charlie Vizzini Volunteerism Award
Sep 15, 2023

Burns: Johnstown awarded $150k for comprehensive recovery plan
Sep 13, 2023

Burns commends exiled Prospect residents for keeping a united front
Sep 07, 2023

Burns to host free Senior Fair on Sept. 15
Aug 31, 2023

Another $659,889 coming to Cambria County for road improvements
Aug 24, 2023

2023 Senior Fair
Aug 24, 2023

Greater Johnstown, Ferndale school districts to receive $136,656 for fresh fruits, vegetables for students
Aug 15, 2023

Greater Johnstown to receive state grant funding through disability inclusive curriculum pilot program
Aug 11, 2023

Burns: House Professional Licensure Committee considers bills to expand mental health care access, keep skilled professionals in the state
Aug 11, 2023

Burns: JHA board needs to take stand on public housing transformation plan
Aug 01, 2023

Burns: Pasquerilla-affiliated consultant immersed in JHA-HUD public housing interactions, planning
Jul 28, 2023

Burns urges Shapiro to reject Johnstown’s quest to maintain high Local Services Tax
Jul 25, 2023

Burns: Long-awaited HUD emails confirm JHA makes decisions
Jul 20, 2023

Burns: Veteran Community Initiatives awarded $39,750 to bolster services
Jul 14, 2023

Burns calls on Casey, Fetterman, Joyce to investigate lethargic HUD response to Prospect information request
Jul 13, 2023

Burns votes to save Cambria public school districts $3.7 million annually
Jul 07, 2023

Burns introduces legislation to protect Pennsylvania drivers
Jul 03, 2023

Summer 2023
Jun 30, 2023

Burns: Johnstown should abandon quest for 200 percent tax hike
Jun 23, 2023