The Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee today (April 12) approved, with strong bipartisan support, two bills intended to protect family-sustaining Pennsylvania jobs placed at risk by Governor Wolf’s veto of the Fiscal Code, House Bill 1327, according to Committee Chairman Gene Yaw (R-23) and Senators Scott Hutchinson (R-21) and Don White (R-41), the prime sponsors of the measures. Listen [Read More]
Senator Scott Hutchinson issued the following statement after Governor Wolf announced Wednesday his intention to allow a Fiscal Year 2015-16 budget approved by the Legislature last week to become law without his signature or veto. [Read More]
Working to finally close the book on the state’s Fiscal Year 2015-16 budget, the Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that would restore money slashed by the Governor’s line-item vetoes, while providing a modest increase for education without the need for new taxes, according to Senator Scott Hutchinson. [Read More]
“It is truly disappointing that the Governor has decided once again that his priority is to massively raise taxes on the people of Pennsylvania rather than focusing upon cost containment measures and living within our means. Listen [Read More]
Butler Township Volunteer Fire District was awarded a $15,400 state grant from the Department of Community and Economic Development to support the recent merger of three local fire companies, according to Senator Scott Hutchinson. [Read More]
Recreation projects in the 21st Senatorial District will receive grants totaling $469,000 from the Community Conservation Partnerships Program (CCPP), according to Senator Scott Hutchinson. [Read More]
The state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs is now accepting applications for Veterans’ Trust Fund grants to help veterans’ organizations across the state, according to Senator Scott Hutchinson. Applications for the grants can be found at www.vtf.state.pa.us. The deadline for grant submissions is 4 p.m., February 5. Grants will be awarded in the following […] [Read More]
The deadline for Pennsylvanians who served in the Persian Gulf Theater of Operations — including Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm — to apply for the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans’ Bonus has been extended to Aug. 31, 2018, according to Senator Scott Hutchinson. The bonus program was set to expire in 2015 before the enactment […] [Read More]
Senator Scott Hutchinson issued the following statement after Governor Wolf line-item vetoed, then signed, House Bill 1460, which currently represents a $23.4 billion state budget for Fiscal Year 2015-16, including six months of funding for schools and funding at Fiscal Year 2014-15 levels for many other programs and services. [Read More]
The Senate today (December 23) approved and sent to the Governor a fiscally responsible budget proposal that would protect taxpayers from massive tax increases and provides immediate financial relief to local school districts and social service agencies impacted by the prolonged budget impasse, according to Senator Scott Hutchinson. [Read More]
