Written by By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – A statewide partnership launched a major effort Tuesday to help protect rivers and streams by planting 10 million trees in the state by the end of 2025. Trees planted next to streets and waterways form natural buffers to keep sediment and pollutants from reaching the water. The Keystone State … Continue reading “Planting Ten Million Trees for Clean Water”
Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf was joined today by Acting State Police Commissioner Lt. Col. Robert Evanchick, legislators and stakeholders to urge passage of commonsense gun safety legislation, including background checks on all gun purchases in Pennsylvania. “All of Pennsylvania’s citizens have the right to live happy, healthy lives free from fear about their and … Continue reading “Governor Wolf Urges Commonsense Gun Safety, Background Checks on All Gun Purchases”
Harrisburg, PA – The Wolf Administration today joined in a streamside tree planting event at a farm in Lancaster County to kick off a local, state, and federal partnership to plant 10 million trees to improve water quality in Pennsylvania’s part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Patrick McDonnell, Department of … Continue reading “Wolf Administration Joins in Tree Planting Event to Kick Off “Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership” to Improve Water Quality”
Harrisburg, PA – Today, Secretary Leslie S. Richards announced that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has obtained certification from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for its rail transit State Safety Oversight (SSO) programs to meet a new federal requirement in advance of the April 2019 deadline. Under newly established federal law, states with rail transit … Continue reading “PENNSYLVANIA RECEIVES FEDERAL CERTIFICATION FOR SAFETY OVERSIGHT OF RAIL TRANSIT”
By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — Environmental groups say changes proposed by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt would gut federal coal-ash regulations put in place in 2015. Coal ash contains toxic pollutants such as arsenic, lead and radioactive elements, many of which have no federal maximum contaminant level for drinking water. According to Lisa … Continue reading “Environmentalists Condemn EPA Coal-Ash Proposal”
Harrisburg, PA – Acting Secretary of State Robert Torres today encouraged Pennsylvanians to submit requests for primary election absentee ballots before the deadline of May 8. Under the state election code, applications for absentee ballots must be received no later than one week before Election Day. For this year’s May 15 primary election, the deadline falls … Continue reading “PA Secretary of State Encourages Pennsylvanians to Request Absentee Ballots Early”
Harrisburg, Pa. – The Department of State has invited five vendors to exhibit their voter-verifiable paper record voting systems at the Farm Show complex on April 26 so legislators, state and county officials, stakeholders and the public can explore the features and options offered by the new machines. “We scheduled this demonstration so Pennsylvanians can see … Continue reading “New Voting Systems Will Be on Display at Vendor Demonstration April 26 at the Farm Show Complex”
Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf has ordered the Commonwealth flag on the Capitol Complex, at all Commonwealth facilities, and all public buildings and grounds throughout the state to fly at half-staff to honor former First Lady Barbara Bush. Barbara Bush, 92, passed away Wednesday April 17, 2018. “Barbara Bush was an amazing American and an … Continue reading “Governor Wolf Orders Flags to Half-Staff to Honor Former First Lady Barbara Bush”
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