New funding of $15,000 will allow a Lehigh County-based early learning center to strengthen child nutrition and hands-on agricultural education, state Rep. Josh Siegel announced today. Read more
One Pennsylvania Farm Bill Grant was awarded to strengthen child nutrition and hands-on agricultural education in the 121st Legislative District in Luzerne County, announced state Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski. Read more
Pa. state Rep. Tarah Probst hosted a town hall meeting at Stroudsburg High School to discuss the I-80 expansion project that will greatly impact residents, businesses and the environment in her district. Along with presentations from a panel of experts, Probst also allowed area residents to voice their concerns and ask questions about the project. Read more
“While we’re having the bigger fights over the big dollar spending, we can still be doing our job,” Rep. Schweyer told Spotlight PA. “And we’re seeing that, and that’s a good thing.” Read more
“When residency disputes like this occur, it is through no fault of the child and they should not suffer because of the situation,” Rep. McNeill said Monday during floor debate. Read more
State Rep. Jeanne McNeill’s legislation that would help students involved in school district residency disputes passed the House today. Read more
Majority Chair of the Pa. House Education Committee, state Rep. Peter Schweyer highlights the state's inadequacies in public education funding and how our rural school districts are up against similar challenges that our suburban and city districts experience. This stop on the Basic Education Funding Commission Tour emphasized just how necessary more funding is for the rural districts in Pa. Read more
State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-Wilkes-Barre, participated in the tour and told council members the structure is a distinctive surviving example of the Moorish revival style of architecture. Read more
State Reps. Steve Samuelson and Jeanne McNeill took part Saturday. "Everything that we have in this country is because of the service and sacrifice of our veterans.” Read more
Democratic State Representative Tarah Probst hosted a meeting Thursday night at the Stroudsburg High School, talking about what she feels would be the negative impacts of the proposed expansion of interstate 80. Read more
Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski (D-Luzerne) and other supporters say PA Preferred Organic trademark legislation will help consumers more easily identity state products and help further support the local economy. Read more
“Municipalities deserve a fair shot at redeveloping outdated properties,” Rep. Joshua Siegel, D-Allentown, wrote in a legislative memo. “Pennsylvania has a need for quality and affordable housing, this bill provides options to help solve these challenges.” Read more
State representatives Kyle Donahue and Bridget Kosierowski are also in support of the union members. Read more
Employees represented by SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, state Rep. Kyle Donahue, D-113, Scranton, and state Rep. Bridget Kosierowski, D-114, Waverly Twp., delivered an open letter to Community Health System, the parent firm of Regional, condemning CHS for what the union and supporters view as putting profits over people and gutting operations. Read more
“We’re an historical district, they’re ruining livelihoods, downtown businesses, and we are going to go under if this project goes through,” said Representative Tarah Probst. Read more
"The YMCA has played a vital role in Wilkes-Barre for nearly a hundred years," said Pashinski. Read more
Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-Wilkes-Barre, and Sen. Marty Flynn, D-Scranton, were at the West Northampton Street facility to present a Local Share Account grant check for $250,000 in support of the YMCA’s locker room renovation project. Read more
Continuing their support for projects in their communities, state Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski and state Sen. Marty Flynn celebrated a state grant awarded to support a transformational project in Wilkes-Barre today. Read more
Said Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, the bill’s prime sponsor: “Creating an easily identifiable PA Preferred Brand logo for PA-grown organic products is a win for Pennsylvania’s farmers and producers as well as our consumers who will know that label means quality because their purchase was grown in Pa., by Pa. Farmers, for Pa. families.” Read more
State Rep. Robert Freeman, D-Northampton, said the grants will expand the market's marketing efforts to attract more customers. Read more
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