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Jun 22, 2022 - Policy hearing highlights legislation to help end corporate inflation
Jun 13, 2022 - Hearing demonstrates how conservative policies are hurting Pennsylvanians
Jun 6, 2022 - Policy hearing discusses status of electric vehicles in Pennsylvania
May 11, 2022 - Hearing identifies maternity deserts in Delaware County
May 10, 2022 - Living in a digital world not easy for older Pennsylvanians
May 9, 2022 - Hearing shows economic opportunity in PA hemp production
May 4, 2022 - Hearing explores what happens without PA School Audit Bureau
May 3, 2022 - Policy hearing discusses ATVs and dirt bikes terrorizing PA streets
May 2, 2022 - Policy Hearing: Opioids and Treatment Options
Apr 27, 2022 - Policy hearing explores cash bail in PA
Apr 21, 2022 - Helping The Helpers: Policy Hearing About Supporting EMS In PA
Apr 5, 2022 - Collective action required to protect students and communities from toxic schools
Apr 4, 2022 - Policy Committe Hearing: Charter schools raise property taxes
Mar 9, 2022 - Policy Committee lands at regional airport for hearing
Mar 8, 2022 - Policy Hearing: Bridges to Harrisburg
Mar 7, 2022 - Hearing explores public transit, promise and opportunity
Mar 2, 2022 - Policy Hearing: Supporting Local Agriculture
Mar 1, 2022 - Cannabis and Social Justice: The Impacts of Criminalization
Feb 28, 2022 - Cannabis and Social Justice: The Impacts of Criminalization
Feb 16, 2022 - Advocates urge lawmakers to get proactive about making Pennsylvania schools safer

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May 4, 2022 - More than 200 calls this year for illegal dirt bikes and ATVs in Allentown, chief says
Apr 23, 2022 - Senate, House Democrats Host Roundtable Discussion on EMS Issues
Mar 2, 2022 - Legalizing weed in Pennsylvania faces complicated demands
Feb 3, 2022 - PA lawmakers hear from Penn State faculty about inclusion, diversity concerns
Oct 19, 2021 - Lawmakers Get First-Hand-Look at Businesses Impacted by COVID During Phoenixville Tour
Oct 13, 2021 - State lawmakers, health care workers discuss hospital consolidations
Oct 7, 2021 - People living with HIV ask for ‘dehumanizing’ state laws to be taken off the books
Oct 6, 2021 - ‘HIV is not a crime’: Pa. House panel tackles outdated laws targeting those living with the virus
Aug 2, 2021 - Representative Ryan Bizzarro shows House Democratic Policy Committee erosion and infrastructure of Presque Isle
Jun 7, 2021 - Pennsylvania Must Dramatically Expand Access To Housing, Advocates Say
May 25, 2021 - We’ve lived the pain of separation from incarcerated loved ones. Pa. can do better for families. | Opinion
May 25, 2021 - We’ve lived the pain of separation from incarcerated loved ones. Pa. can do better for families. | Opinion
May 22, 2021 - Edinboro professors, alumna want more time, details on PASSHE integration plan
May 5, 2021 - Pennsylvania Lawmakers Debate Plan To Consolidate State Universities
May 1, 2021 - OP-ED: Broadband expansion vital; we must move forward
May 1, 2021 - Get passenger rail ‘back on track’ in the Northeast, Pennsylvania
Apr 25, 2021 - Passenger rail within reach in the Poconos and the benefits are clear | Opinion
Apr 23, 2021 - Lawmakers' Longwood Gardens hearing: Public gardens create jobs, help economy
Apr 23, 2021 - Sappey, House Policy Committee Hold Hearing on PA Public Gardens at Longwood
Apr 23, 2021 - Lawmakers at hearing at Longwood Gardens: Public gardens create jobs, help economy

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Apr 28, 2021 - Broadband expansion is vital, and we must move forward

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Jun 27, 2022 - Ending Corporate Inflation
Jun 21, 2022 - Hearing demonstrates how conservative policies are hurting Pennsylvanians
Jun 14, 2022 - Policy hearing discusses status of electric vehicles in Pennsylvania
May 12, 2022 - Hearing identifies maternity deserts in Delaware County
May 4, 2022 - Safe Streets: ATVs and dirt bikes
May 4, 2022 - The Evolving Epidemic: Opioids and Treatment Options
May 4, 2022 - Hearing explores what happens without PA School Audit Bureau
Apr 28, 2022 - Cash Bail
Apr 21, 2022 - Helping The Helpers: Supporting EMS In PA
Apr 6, 2022 - Toxic Schools
Apr 5, 2022 - Charter schools raise property taxes
Mar 9, 2022 - Airports
Mar 8, 2022 - Bridges
Mar 7, 2022 - Public Transit
Mar 2, 2022 - Supporting Local Agriculture
Mar 1, 2022 - Cannabis and Social Justice: The Impacts of Criminalization
Feb 16, 2022 - Safe Schools
Feb 15, 2022 - Attracting workers & families: House Democrat’s plan to put money back into pockets
Feb 15, 2022 - Construction workers and unemployment compensation
Feb 2, 2022 - Diverse by example: Increasing diversity in academia

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