Sunday, February 10, 2013
The Pennsylvania House returns to session on Monday; here's what's on the agenda this week.
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Sunday, February 10
Here's this week's schedule for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Information has been supplied by Rep. Mike Turzai, Republican Majority Leader. In light of the recent sexual abuse scandals involving students, the House passed and sent to the Senate for consideration the Child Exploitation Awareness Education Act, House Bill 19 authored by Rep. Mauree Gingrich (R-Lebanon County). The legislation would require the Pennsylvania Department of Education to develop an age-appropriate child exploitation awareness curriculum to be included in the health curriculum for children in grades K-8. The curriculum would teach children to recognize sexual abuse and to identify certain behaviors in adults, such as grooming, that can lead to …
Sunday, August 5, 2012
A "Mandate Study Task Force" is wrapping up a report on what can be done to ease state pressure on local municipalities in Pa.
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Sunday, August 5, 2012
By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania has thousands of laws, and about 6,500 of them tell local governments what to do. Local government officials often cite the “mandates” when they talk about out-of-control budget increases, about keeping the burden off the local property taxpayer. But state officials will consider ways to keep the mandates to a minimum, or even how much they’re telling local governments to spend. Pennsylvania municipalities launched on push back on mandates earlier this year. The state Senate this fall will hear proposed reforms from the Local Government Commission’s Mandate Study Task Force, a group made up of state lawmakers and municipal representatives. The commission is finishing up a report…
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Pennsylvania does not keep records on felons receiving pensions
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
By Jared Sichel | PA Independent HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s pension system could be doling out thousands of dollars each month to jailed sex offenders. But because the state has no records on how many felons are eligible to receive their government pensions, no one really knows. An apparent shortcoming in state law that allows sex offenders to collect state pensions has irked many lawmakers amid reports that disgraced former Penn State University football coach and jailed sex offender Jerry Sandusky likely will continue to receive a $5,000-a-month pension from the Commonwealth. Sandusky, 68, was charged in November with 52 counts of sexual abuse of minors. On June 22, a jury found him guilty on 45 of those counts, some of which occurred …
Alyson D'Alessandro
9:34 pm on Thursday, February 14, 2013
It looks like HB76 hasn't been re-introduced yet by Rep. Jim Cox. It is listed under his Co-Sponsorship Memoranda, but not as an official House bill. (Last year it was known as HB 1776/SB 1400.) http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDocs/Legis/CSM/DisplayMemos.cfm?SPick=20130&Chamber=H&MemberID=1114 more ›